RE: Looking At The Senate

["Hakim Madjid" <HMadjid@mindspring.com>]

Richard Cohnak writes:

>While talk radio stints seem to have boosted the careers of
>would-be politicians in some parts of the country, I don't think
>this has worked much in Massachusetts.

I think that's true Nationwide, however. I know of very few talk show hosts
anywhere who succeed as political candidates.

>While many political activists and officeholders have taken to
>radio (Jordan Levy, Jim Braude, Peter Blute, Jay Severin),

Is Braude still a member of the Cambridge City Council?

>offhand I don't know of anyone who has gained public office
>after working in radio, except for David Brudnoy's stint as
>Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County.

The Brudnoy Deputy Sheriff thing (as far as I know he still is a Middlesex
Deputy Sheriff), if I understand correctly, is largely a ceremonial thing.
Kind of like all these honorary degrees bestowed by Colleges and
Universities at their commencements.

73, de Hakim (N1ZFF)