Word: dukakises
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A series of strategy errors is likely to cost Gov. Michael S. Dukakis the presidency, a bipartisan panel of campaign experts told about 150 people at the Kennedy School last night.
Five top officials from past races analyzed this year's campaign in a discussion sponsored by the Institute of Politics (IOP) and agreed that Dukakis has failed to articulate his personality, ideas and visions. They charged that the governor has largely ignored attacks on his liberalism made by Bush.
"People assumed Dukakis would respond, and he didn't," said Ed Rollins, national director of the Reagan's 1984 campaign. "It's been like John Wayne versus the nerd in the schoolyard."
Members of Dukakis' party also said the candidate had not put up a good defense to Bush's challenges. "Charges landed, and nothing came back," said Kathy Bushkin, press secretary for Gary Hart's 1984 campaign.
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...