Word: franked
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...This state has become so Democratic that a Republican can only win a lower office if he can get a lot more attention in the media," State Rep. Barney Frank '62, a liberal Democrat, said about the race...
Everyone seems to think that Lew Crampton is a nice guy. "An unusually attractive candidate," Frank says. "Unquestionably qualified for the job, personally and professionally," Crampton supporter and State Rep. Mel King says. Yet on the eve of the election, Crampton is fighting to be seen, saying, "Sure, visibility has been a big problem." He just came off a weekend "big blitz" of the state--on the road with three Winnebagos--to talk and press flesh and distribute some 50,000 pieces of campaign literature...
...There's just no room in the media," Frank said. "The senatorial and gubernatorial races are taking up all the focus and Lew can't get enough exposure. Unless he can get the exposure, the voters will go to the polls with this Crane-Democrat mindset...
Crampton acknowledges that much of Crane's support is derived from "old line traditional Democrats," and Frank feels that, on top of this, Crane will gain much support from his primary spar with Boston City Councilor Larry DiCara...
...Crane benefitted from that primary," Frank said. "People thought that he was unfairly treated by DiCara." Still, Crampton is very much on the attack in this campaign. In addition to saying that Crane's State Lottery is spending more money on itself ($13 million) than it is sending back to the cities and towns ($12 million), Crampton has accused Crane of mismanaging the state treasury bureaucracy into obsolescence. He says Crane hasn't kept up with automation, and that consequently, "the state is losing $5-8 million annually by running its treasury like an old Charles Dickens counting house...