Bring on the Grownups

Asked last week why Bill Clinton has done so much better than he among minority voters, PAUL TSONGAS gave a surprisingly blunt answer: "I don't like the composition of our staff." He'd just blasted Dennis Kanin, his campaign manager, he said, for not hiring enough women, blacks and Hispanics. Said the candidate: "I don't want any more white males." Tsongas was grateful for the true believers -- the college boys and eager young operatives -- when he was runmning on empty in New Hampshire, with no money and no political heavyweights eager to sign on. But he know that now his...

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