61.   The politicians want to argue about which side is at fault.

62.   The politician wants to placate all sides.

63.   Their feelings are understandable, and no politician wants to argue with a grieving widow.

64.   The two biggest state expenses are for Medicaid and aid to local school districts, neither one of which a politician wants to cut just before an election.

65.   This has led some to conclude that politicians do not want rigorous enforcement.

66.   This time, however, politicians will want to move fast to try to restore stability to a system rocked by the Fortuyn phenomenon.

67.   Today, the Italian-American Columbus Day parade is an event that few politicians want to miss.

68.   Washington politicians want to keep your money in Washington.

69.   When politicians want liability caps, they defend Big Oil, Ma Bell and her offspring and Detroit gas guzzlers over potential victims of defective products and pollution.

70.   Yet prospects for changing them look minimal in an era when no politician wants to be labelled soft on crime.