Christine_Whitman

Christine Whitman Bill Bradley was a household name. In fact 98 out of 100 New Jerseyans could identify with him, but not only as a U.S. Senator seeking a third term (The Record, 1990). Bill Bradley was a former player for the New York Knicks. He had gained respect as a universal man. Not only was he a former NBA athlete, and U.S. Senator, he was also a man with educational backing. He was a Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar with plenty of money to back his third election, $12 million to be exact Armed with a war chest of funding, Bradley thought he had this election in the bag! One would think that Christine Todd Whitman would be intimidated by all of this, especially in light of her limited political leadership. She was a former Freeholder of Somerset County and President of the Board of Public Utilities, a slim match for Bradley’s extensive knowledge in foreign affairs. However, Whitman was born swaddled in political bunting, her father Webster Todd, the Chairman of the State Republican party and her mother, Eleanor, a Republic National Committeewoman (Weissman, 1996). Regardless to say, Whitman was not easily whitman, bradley, 1990, new, bill, record, jersey, voters, tax, bradley’s, york, times, states, issue, against, support, out, made, environmental, campaign, whitman’s, vote, taxes, state, senator, said, president, issues, hike, florio’s, discontent, concerns, claimed, budget, year