Word: whitmans
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...WALT WHITMAN...
...critic Robert Hughes would have the sensitivity and perspective to see artist Robert Rauschenberg [ART, Oct. 27] as the Walt Whitman of the 20th century art world? Who could better distinguish the American character of Rauschenberg's work than a critic who just completed a marathon book on our visual culture, American Visions? KIT BASQUIN Milwaukee...
...victory was not to be had, the Democrats can take pride in making the Republicans work for what should have been easy wins. As Democratic Party National Chair Steve Grossman commented, "These races were uphill battles for us--the Staten Island congressional seat is a Molinari family heirloom, Christie Whitman is the darling of the national Republican Party, and Republicans have an 11 percent advantage over us in party identification in Virginia. Yet we still gave the Republicans a run for their money...
...Republicans were not tight with that money. Fossella in New York and Whitman in New Jersey each received over $750,000 worth of party-sponsored issue ads to support their campaigns. Gilmore and the rest of the Virginia GOP ticket received over $2 million from the national party. (Bonus points to the first one to figure out why the Republicans killed campaign finance reform...
Additionally, the re-election of pseudo-Republicans Giuliani and Whitman over lightweight challengers does not imply any repudiation of core Democratic beliefs...