NEWSPEAK

"He reminds me of Norm on 'Cheers.' If he could run this whole campaign sitting on a bar stool having a beer and watching a Chicago Bears game and have people come up to him one by one and talk to them, he could probably win it. But Florida is about wholesale politics and the packaging will be difficult. --Tom Fiedler, political editor of the Miami Herald, discussing the candidacy of Hugh Rodham, Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother, in the Florida Senate race. Despite the overwhelming number of Bears fans in the Sunshine State, we think Mr. Rodham would do better to adopt a more active campaign strategy. a photo opportunity with Don Shula or the Northeast, we don't have much to say about wholesale politics. Up here, voters are generally sold retail. However, we have heard that warehouse chains are making progress in the area. Mr. Fielder was quoted in the Feb. 18 issue of The New York Times.