71.   Advocates say the reforms will be a tough, but smart, attack on crime.

72.   After tax cuts, tort reform is the top priority of Greene, a corporate attorney.

73.   All of which has analysts wondering why reform is so difficult at Parker Center, which houses the police headquarters.

74.   Allowing hereditary peers to vote is hardly democratic, and reform is perhaps overdue.

75.   Both reforms are long overdue.

76.   But among Connecticut Republicans, campaign reform is a strong issue.

77.   But as the Legislature hobbles toward adjournment, this worthy reform is in trouble.

78.   But Arthur Bruzzone, chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party, said welfare reform was long overdue.

79.   But campaign reform delayed is campaign reform denied.

80.   But Davis says without flinching that he has seen no evidence that reform is a top priority for the public.