Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SUMMER DOLDRUMS; FALL RECRIMINATIONS. Why did the Dukakis campaign wait so long to fire back at the negative ads aired by the Bush campaign in August? Because of campaign manager Susan Estrich's demanding tastes, say some of the Duke's admen. "There had to have been at least a...
In an interview after the discussion, Rollins said Dukakis lost ground in the month after the Democratic convention. "The only issue early on was whether George Bush was the man to fill the president's shoes, and Dukakis didn't make the case that he wasn't." He said Dukakis...
Former Jackson delegates to the 1988 Democratic National Convention said the Dukakis campaign failed to work on solidifying its support in traditional Democratic constituencies.
The Dukakis post-convention strategy also drew criticism for not supporting the national voter registration drive that Jackson sought funding for at the Democratic Convention.
"The decision was made by the [Democratic National Committee] and Dukakis strategists not to fund a voter registration drive. The pressure of local party pols, elected officials--they didn't want to swell their districts with new voters," said western Mass. Jackson organizer Lisa Baskin. "If we had made a...