JAMES J. BLANCHARD

If you are a U. S. senator, you can give an ideological response to a serious problem and probably never be held accountable for it. Whereas the [state] governors are dealing with the real world—they have to run things, to make them work.

To sell a new tax to the voters you have to be very specific about what it is being used for.

Washington has a way of dealing with yesterday's issues.

If you are a U. S. senator, you can give an ideological response to a serious problem and probably never be held accountable for it. Whereas the [state] governors are dealing with the real world—they have to run things, to make them work.

To sell a new tax to the voters you have to be very specific about what it is being used for.

Washington has a way of dealing with yesterday's issues.