OK, so sometimes the candidate making news is bad too. On the 27th, The Northwest Herald ran a follow-up on the race being a tough one. Crane responds to the notion that Republicans might be supporting Bean:
“I can’t imagine some Republican doing that,” Crane said. “Unless he has suffered some type of brain shock that has damaged him permanently.”
I’m not even sure that is the worst quote:
rane, 72, said he has no plans to retire any time soon.
There is too much work on trade and taxes left to be done, he said. Crane often introduces legislation that would eliminate all federal taxes except a 10 percent income tax.
Crane said he offers the legislation in an attempt to make colleagues think about the issue.
“You just keep the faith and fight the fight, but remember that the war is eternal,” Crane said.
Make colleagues think about the issue?
I’m trying to think of a better quote to illustrate being out of touch with the voters and it isn’t coming to me. For good reason. As a younger guy Crane was probably personable enough to pull off the ideologue bit, but in a race like this with many, many new voters, he’s playing right into Bean’s strengths.