Word: craning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...record, Rep. Phillip Crane (R-Ill.) stands slightly to the right of fellow Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan. The only difference between the two--on the issues, at least--is Crane's opposition to federal aid for the poor and elderly to offset rising energy costs...
Like Reagan, Crane favors the Kemp-Roth tax bill, development of the MX missile, the B-1 bomber, the neutron bomb, nuclear energy, the decontrol of oil, the prohibition of abortion and the easing of environmental regulations to allow the burning of coal...
...Crane, again like Reagan, opposes the windfall profits tax, wage and price controls, aid to the Chrysler corporation, SALT II, gun control, busing, the Department of Education, the Equal Rights Amendment, and comprehensive national health insurance...
Unlike Reagan, Crane bills himself as the next presidential history teacher. And unlike Reagan, Crane doesn't stand a chance. The hard-rock Republican from Illinois is the paragon of the sleek modern conservative--more crudely, of the classical liberal. And some people know he's running for president...
...President Carter, Democrat, has acted more like a Republican than a member of the party that nominated him, leaving little room for an attack form a moderate Republican and forcing those who wish to be different to the far Right. That is where you will find Baker, Bush, Crane, Dole and Reagan. John Connally you will soon find sulking at his big Texas ranch...