Word: cranston
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Alan M. Cranston (D-Calif.) at 3 percent...
...rest of the eight-man Democratic field, yesterday's results may mean the end of the road Cranston announced an "important" news conference for 7:30 a.m. this morning, and there is speculation that he may drop out of the race...
...Cranston who had put much of his resources into Iowa was dealt a major setback with his fourth place finish Cranston, who had hoped to use a strong Iowa showing to slingshot his candidacy beyond dark horse status was even weaker in New Hampshire...
...last that long, though, Cranston could conceivably resuscitate his lagging candidacy in those primaries, especially in the California primary on June 5 which offers a prize of 306 delegates to the favorite son. Son too could Glenn, whose centrism better appeals to the heavy proportion of moderate-to-conservative voters in the sun belt states of Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada...
...Democrat--and that includes frontrunner Mondale--can afford to write off California entirely, and it is certain the Democrats will go after Reagan, probably by emphasizing the nuclear issues championed by Cranston. Reagan could also be vulnerable on environmental issues there--as well as in some of the northwestern states whose populations have been rubbed the 3 wrong way by the policies of Reagan's first Secretary of the Interior, James B. Watt. Still, given the area's basic conservatism, the West is Reagan's to lose...