"And you also run the risk of turning them into political heroes."

Even his choice of political heroes offers little help in defining the man who wants to be Connecticut's next senator.

"The Western response has turned Saddam into a political and religious hero."

Without those qualities, there can be no religious or political heroes.

The feelings are more real to the fan than those experienced by the fall of such political heroes as a Nixon.

True to the district's heritage, he identified Reagan as his political hero.

The editor's close associates said that he was never the same after the death of his longtime friend and political hero.

She had a feeling the other "political heroes" would have similar histories.

Today's parliamentarians argue the case for their greatest political heroes.

Like it or not, for a while he will have to bear the burden of being a political hero as well.