Tasini Waits for No Man

To the Editor:

Ben Smith does a great disservice to New Yorkers by completely ignoring the primary challenge to Hillary Clinton from Jonathan Tasini in his article, “In ’06 Election, Clinton Needs to Beat Chuck’s ’04” [April 3]. There’s a lot of time between now and September, and Mrs. Clinton is not very popular with the Democratic base.

I worked on Bill Clinton’s campaign and although I still enjoy listening to him (it provides great relief from the incoherent drivel we hear from the current inhabitant of the White House), I would not vote for his wife for anything. I heard a speech last week delivered by Mr. Tasini at Riverside Church. It was an absolute thrill to hear real ideals and actual ideas coming from a Democrat.

The calculating cowardice of Hillary is what many of us have come to hate about the Democratic Party. You can say that Mr. Tasini doesn’t have a chance against Hillary; that is fine. Ignoring him completely is not fine.

Tom Wallace
Roslindale, Mass.