More Losers Than Winners From Specter Switch - Roll Call

More Losers Than Winners From Specter Switch

By Richard L. Connor and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted May 7, 2009 at 12:00am

if his new compatriates agree
he will be running again
stranger things have happened
Richard L. Connor is the chief executive officer and ownership partner of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Publishing Co., which owns a group of daily and weekly newspapers. A newspaperman for 40 years, he previously was president and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Texas. He has written a column for most of his career, and has served on two Pulitzer Prize for Journalism nominating committees.

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