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| | The Harvard Crimson :: News :: James Roosevelt Joins PACked Field In Eighth Congressional District Race |
 | | Roosevelt, the grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt `04, labels Kennedy and himself "the, real men behind the famous names" in a $20,000 radio spot that criticizes Kennedy for condoning campaign contributions from political action committees, (PACs). |
 | | Roosevelt's political consultant Barry Kaplovitz said the candidate's family fame would satisfy the Eighth District voters' "appetite for celebrity," the legacy of past representatives such as retiring Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., John F. Kennedy '40, and James Michael Curley. |
 | | Roosevelt, Gallagher, and Bachrach have allsaid they would be willing to cap personalcampaign spending and would abide by a mutualdecision to cap campaign spending at $500,000, asproposed by State Rep. William F. Galvin(D-Allston), also a candidate. |
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