Like Strickland, the aging Blaylock brings negative baggage.

For all their merits, all three of the most serious candidates come with some negative baggage.

Wolves, with all their negative baggage, could prove an even tougher sell.

"We had too much negative baggage attached to us," Mr. Hagopian said.

"The word carries connotations of the union movement and we don't need this negative baggage."

Yavlinsky, unburdened by Yeltsin's negative baggage, offers a look ahead to free markets and democracy.

("There is a lot of negative baggage around the term 'homeless.' ")

The rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States was at least softened by the lack of strongly negative historical baggage.

At first Flake talked about people who haven't succeeded because "they are carrying around so much negative baggage."

There is also 12.4 cubic feet of trunk space, which should be enough now that Hyundais no longer carry loads of negative baggage.