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Huge deletion

   I came to the article bcz of my personal vagueness about who Roraback is; my memory was too vague to distinguish him from the Orange County pol with a presumably closely related surname. That much was easy, but i was unwilling to add the HatNote Dab w/o also responding to the difference between a WP article and what was, regardless of any nuance of intents of the previous contributors, at core a resume-style campaign document.
   In a WP w/ a lot more eyeballs available, i'd rather have winnowed thru the platform for the talking points that have actually been recognized as significant to the current race, and have contributed to developing substantive content on the issues that will decide the outcomes of the convention, and perhaps a primary, and perhaps the general election. In the real WP, the real me can't sustain that interest, and i think the arguably gaping hole i've left at the end of the article serves better than letting it appear that his campaign's wording of his campaign's attempt to set the agenda succeeds in determining what in his program is worthy of attention.
   BTW, the content i deleted remains available here or here, and it shouldn't be too hard to track down press accounts of the same planks, where said plank is of interest to those not involved in steering his campaign. (And older revisions affecting that section -- available via the article's Hx page -- may also be of interest.)
--Jerzy•t 18:37, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Petit

Surely the criticism of Roraback by Dr. Petit, and e.g. Colin McEnroe's apparently non-partisan defense of Roraback is the kind of real political-career news that should probably be reflected in the article, perhaps even after this campaign is over.
--Jerzy•t 18:37, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cousin of Catherine Roraback

The famous attorney that defended Ericka Huggins in the Black Panther Party murder.. is his cousin. Where do I put it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.38.221.52 (talk) 21:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I put in the the early life section as they weren't contemporaries--she was probably older than his father. Also used NYT as the source for their connection. Rublamb (talk) 03:41, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]