Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"I'm going to be a president who unites America," Dukakis told reporters during a day-long train trip through California's Central Valley. "If he wants to talk about that, then I'd be happy to meet him face-to-face."
Dukakis challenged his rival to a debate on election eve during the hour of network television time purchased by the Democratic and Republican campaigns for last-minute appeals to voters. A moderator would be present, but the candidates--not reporters--would ask the questions.
Bush said he did not think his support was waning in the final days of the campaign. Asked why the polls showed his once double-digit advantage over Dukakis appeared to be eroding, Bush replied, "I don't think they are, and I'm not going to say any more...
Dukakis, convinced his campaign is surging in the waning days of the election contest, delivered an impassioned defense of liberalism, a subject he has largely ducked.
"We need a president in the tradition, yes, the liberal tradition, of Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy," Dukakis told a depot rally in Hanford, a valley community surrounded by sprawling cotton farms.