Word: cranston
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well-timed frame-up. Georgia State Senator Julian Bond, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, or Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), could also have run on the "rainbow platform"; but all decided not to. As for the possibility of a leftist coalition strategy led by a non-Black candidate, Alan Cranston lacks the strength with Blacks, Latinos, and progressive labor, while Gary Hart lacks the necessary political impact. By elimination and self-selection, Jackson emerged as the only viable candidate...
...least four states--Texas, Maine, Tennessee and North Carolina--Senatorial races will very likely be extremely close. And if Jackson has the 300 delegates he is expected to at the Democratic Convention, he may be able to force Mondale to talk appointments and policy before the election, as Cranston and Hart throw their delegates to Mondale and the South goes to Glenn. Jackson will also raise questions no other candidate could about domestic policy and the treatment of the disadvantaged, as well as the United States role in places like South Africa and Central America...
...presidential poll is the first for the state's Democratic party, which has traditionally used this annual gathering to deal with state issues. However, today's vote could be a defeat for Hollings and a momentum-builder for Mondale and Cranston...
...campaign workers frantically sought to shore up support for today's presidential preference poll, candidates Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), Sen. John Glenn (D-Oh.), and Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) mingled with delegates and smiled for the cameras, lauding a state that is trying to affect the national political scene...
...only goal here is to show I am competitive," Cranston said in an interview here yesterday. "Our object is to finish close to the frontrunners [Mondale and Glenn]. And it is interesting to note that the frontrunner in the polls hasn't won since...