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...state of Massachusetts’ future also hinges on the results of the November election. Almost all major state offices are up for reelection, most notably the governorship, which is a race between Democrat Deval M. Patrick ’78 and Republican Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82. These state contests will have just as large of an impact on Harvard students’ daily lives as the more glamorous national races. Among the many important decisions in the hands of state officials are how to deal with the Big Dig fiasco, whether to build roads...
Beyond Pennsylvania, other Northeastern states are involved in intense battles. In New Jersey, the U.S. Senate contest between Democratic Senator Robert Menendez and Republican Thom H. Kean Jr. is being watched intensely, as is Rhode Island Republican Lincoln D. Chafee’s effort to keep his Senate seat in a race against Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse after narrowly winning his party’s primary. And who could forget the nationally spotlighted Senate race in Connecticut, which pits Democrat Edward “Ned” Lamont Jr. ’76 against former vice presidential candidate and incumbent Joseph...
...he––a non-Republican––might have actually been tough about national security. Thankfully the Fox News viewing public wasn’t about to be led like sheep from a truth so obvious it hardly bears reprinting here: No Democrat cares about––let alone is capable of––protecting the American people. And to have done a better job at it than President Bush did prior to September 11th? Why, any thinking person need only look at Clinton?...
...Zhou played second fiddle—literally—at the Masonic Hall in Porter Square last night as Republican M. Elizabeth “Libby” Firenze and Democrat William N. Brownsberger ’78, candidates for state representative, faced off in the first of three debates. Zhou, the noted Harvard Square player of the jinghu, or Chinese opera fiddle, was hired for pre-game entertainment before a debate that was, for the most part, harmonious. Brownsberger, the associate director of Harvard Medical School’s Division on Addictions, is vying with Firenze to represent...
...Braley, a Waterloo trial lawyer and legal aid attorney, is presumed to have the slight lead over Quad Cities businessman Whalen thanks largely to President George W. Bush's low approval ratings. A self-described progressive Democrat, Braley has criticized the President's handling of foreign and domestic concerns, from the Iraq War to the economy, and dubbed his opponent a potential "rubber stamp" for the Administration...