Word: cranston
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...organizations differ widely on both strategy and personnel. Frontrunner Walter F. Mondale-as well as Ohio Sen. John H. Glenn and Sen. Ernest F. Hollings-are surrounded by experienced party operatives, veterans of the last four Democratic campaigns. Others, like Colorado Sen. Gary W. Hart and Sen. Alan M. Cranston (D-Calif.), are stressing fresh blood, pulling in young people with high energy but little campaign background. Former Sen. George S. McGovern and former Florida Gov. Reubin D. Askey are relying on home-state buddies and old supporters; the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is building a team of minority leaders...
Like Hart, Cranston's candidacy depends on coming in third place today, according to campaign manager Sergio Bendixen. The senior staffers in his organization, including Bendixen himself, are almost all new to the candidate-a few have been involved in previous Presidential efforts, but most are "young people who've never been in any Presidential campaign before," Bendixen says. Like Hart, Cranston lets his campaign manager make all the decisions, except for the "general game plan;" Bendixen calls that an "ideal arrangement...
...West except Hawaii. He looks likely to repeat this trick in 1984 and win states like Arizona, Oregon, Wyoming, and the big prize, California (45 electoral votes), against almost any Democratic candidate--especially Mondale. The only Democrat right now who could give him a lot of trouble is Cranston, but the California senator is struggling right now in the East and shows little sign of being able to last even until the primaries out west, most of which take place in May and June...
...more kinfolks. If the candidates themselves don't come, they can forget it." Ethel Kennedy and her son Joe were good crowd builders back in 1980 when they were working for Teddy. Greenfielders have got blasé. They didn't turn out for Glenn's daughter, Cranston's son or Hart's wife...
...Hart and Cranston need third-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire to give them jumping-off points for the later primaries. Jackson hopes to run well in New Hampshire and then score an upset win in Alabama. McGovern is trying to hang on until the Super Tuesday primary in Massachusetts, where he thinks he can finish second. Askew is counting on a turnout of an ti abort ion voters to give him a respectable showing in Iowa, followed by a strong home-state vote in Florida three weeks later. As for Rollings, it will take a miracle to keep...