NADER HAS TWO SUITS AGAINST PATS DEAL; IS ENTHUSIASM WANING?

          Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is "solidifying plans for
     a legal challenge" to CT's $374M stadium project for the
     Patriots, according to Mike Swift of the HARTFORD COURANT. 
     Nader said his anti-stadium group will file a federal and a
     state suit about a month from now, "when a series of
     critical stadium deadlines are coming due."  The state suit
     will argue that the stadium package "amounted to a special
     benefit" to Patriots Owner Robert Kraft, which is in
     "violation of the equal protection clause of the state
     constitution."  Swift: "Whether anti-stadium forces have a
     good chance in court ... is unclear" (HARTFORD COURANT,
     2/25).  In Hartford, Jeff Jacobs writes that he now sees
     "enemies" of the Patriots deal "everywhere."  Jacobs: "What
     I don't see anymore are the supporters.  Would it kill Kraft
     to get out there and rah-rah this magnificent bone he's
     devouring?  Or is he laying low in case he wants to schlepp
     back to Boston or sell to [L.A.]" (HARTFORD COURANT, 2/25).