Word: cranston
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Only in California is a Democratic incumbent facing serious opposition. Three-term Senator Alan Cranston would seem an endangered species in the Golden State. He is an ardent liberal in an increasingly Republican state; he is a gaunt-looking 72-year-old in a state that worships youth. And he is opposed by Republican Congressman Ed Zschau, 46, a clean-cut moderate who made a fortune as an electronics entrepreneur in Silicon Valley...
...cagey old pro maintains an edge, leading Zschau by 15 points in some polls, though a third of the voters remain undecided. Cranston has put his rival on the defensive, grilling pancakes at public appearances while denouncing Zschau's "flip-flops" on issues ranging from Saudi arms sales to environmental legislation. The Republican has recently become more aggressive, attacking Cranston's opposition to the death penalty and accusing him of being soft on international terrorism and indifferent to the drug problem...
...Alan Cranston, D-Calif., the assistant Democratic leader, said he was "very confident" the Senate can override the veto...
...paying too much interest on bank credit cards." California's Republican Senate candidate Ed Zschau piggybacks on the popularity of Bartles & Jaymes cooler commercials by featuring two good ol' boys sitting on a front porch musing about the number of floor votes missed by Incumbent Democrat Alan Cranston. "Three hundred forty-seven of them," the ad tells us. Says one codger: "If a 16-year-old did that, he'd still be in the third grade...
Senate Democrats, led by Ted Kennedy and Alan Cranston, have offered a slightly less drastic measure that includes relief for black South Africans and neighboring countries. Although it has little chance of being passed intact, it has forced moderate Senators to seek a compromise. Lugar, who pledged to work with both Shultz and Senate Democrats, expected to spend part of the weekend finishing a plan directed at putting maximum pressure on the white ruling class while sparing the black majority unnecessary economic repercussions. It expands on the limited measure imposed by Reagan last September, which prohibited the purchase of Krugerrands...