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Wednesday, March 06, 2002
PROPHETIC? "Riordan considers his deviations from traditional Republican positions an asset. 'More and more,' he says, voters 'are looking for someone who is not partisan.' "As for critics who charge that he is too liberal: 'Go ask Jackie Goldberg if I'm too liberal.' "But it's not Jackie Goldberg -- radical state assemblywoman, ex-City Council member and devout Riordan-hater -- who will be voting in the Republican primary. For Riordan to win over the Republicans who will decide that race -- and to earn the support of all voters who will ultimately choose the next governor -- he has to offer a vision more compelling than the Davis status quo. "Otherwise, all the pedaling in the world won't get him inside the state Capitol." --Chris Weinkopf, "Pedaling Politics," L.A Daily News, August 12, 2001 THE DEMOCRATS' EDDIE HASKELL That's what Dick Armey has called Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, according to one of my readers. It's a fitting description. While Daschle puts on his obsequious, I-stand-behind-the-President-100% act, he studiously tries to find weaknesses in the public's support of the war. For undermining the war effort in pursuit of his narrow, political self-interest, I have dubbed him the Disloyal Opposition in this week's FrontPage column. Monday, March 04, 2002
HONORABLE MENTIONS Last week's FrontPage column on slavery reparations was picked up by WorldNetDaily and quoted on the Washington Times' Culture Briefs page. Maybe that's why I've been flooded with e-mail on the subject ... |