Alan Cranston, a progressive Democrat, was running against an underfunded novice, Republican tax protester Paul Gann. Cranston demolished Gann, winning by more than 1.6 million votes. Yet this was hardly part of a liberal revolution. On the same day, in the same state, on the same ballot, California
Compared to the invective that has characterized this race, the 1980 quarrel among the Eagles was exceedingly mild. Don Felder, upon meeting Alan Cranstons wife backstage, said it was nice to meet her, adding diffidently, I guess.
Although this would hardly qualify as rude behavior today, it set bandmate Glenn Frey off. But heres the moral of the story: Alan Cranston and Ronald Reagan didnt like each other and didnt see eye to eye on very much. But they both won in landslides, and both served in Washington at the same time