Word: cranes
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...dirtiest race in the Commonwealth this year is between State Treasurer Robert Q. Crane and Republican L. Joyce Hampers. While Hampers aggressively paints the 22-year incumbent as a good old boy from the days of the smoke-filled room and the well-greased palm, Crane has attacked the Republican's record during her tenure as State Revenue Commissioner under Governor Edward J. King...
Each has produced ample evidence to support charges against the other, although columnists are beginning to eschew the word "fishy" as overused. And although the Democrat announced two weeks ago that "I want to talk positive for the next two weeks" and "tell the real Bob Crane story," the mudslinging shows no signs of letting up on either side...
According to several recent polls, Hampers' negative tactics helped her move up from "barely a blip on the screen," to a serious opponent who almost tied Crane in one poll. However, her popularity appears to have peaked already, as voters have begun to find her aggressive advertising offensive...
Highlights on Hampers' side of the mudslinging include a series of embarrassing revelations about the state lottery. Crane claims to run "the most outstanding lottery in the country," touting its earnings of $93 million last year...
...large payroll and that 98 percent of its employees are Democrats. Massachusetts also pays a higher percentage of its receipts to winners than any of the others, while returning the smallest percentage to the state. The lottery has an advertising budget of $10.4 million, many of whose advertisements feature Crane...