Word: dukakises
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IN an address last week at Sanders Theatre, which was as much an announcement for a 1992 candidacy as a campaign stop for the Dukakis-Bentsen ticket, Jackson spoke directly to the role of the youth of America in this coalition, urging them to participate in the political process. Challenging...
Jackson lambasted critics of Mike Dukakis's lack of passion, explaining that the emotion and direction of progress come not from elected officials, but from grass-roots movements. "John Kennedy did not inspire us to civil rights," he said. "We sat in and marched. We inspired him. We had the...
When George Bush and Michael Dukakis breezed into Houston during the same week this fall for $1,000-a-plate fund raisers, Enron, a Texas oil-and-gas firm, had both sides covered. The company's Republican chairman, Kenneth Lay, was co-host for the Bush event, while Democratic president...
Critics charge that the soft money and large PAC contributions to candidates amount to little more than sophisticated vote buying. When tax reform came before the Senate Finance Committee in 1986, its 20 members received $969,000 from insurance PACs and $956,000 from energy PACs, according to a report...
NATION: Is it all over for Dukakis? How he might turn his campaign around with luck and late- inning lightning