Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Now, the state's credit rating is on par with Mississippi's. Spending is being slashed, and Dukakis just signed the largest tax hike in years into law. Suddenly, the great Massachusetts miracle doesn't seem so miraculous.
When Dukakis tried to bring the budget into balance by slashing state aid to cities and towns, the state Legislature over-rode his veto of the aid. The House of Representatives did it unanimously. That has to hurt.
And this week even Dukakis's home town of Brookline has joined the Duke-bashing by bringing suit against the state over the aid crisis. (Yesterday's Boston Globe featured an editorial cartoon in which a toga-clad Dukakis cries "Et tu, Brookline.")
No one, except Kitty, wants to have anything to do with the governor. Democratic hopefuls for governor, including Dukakis' second-in-command, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy, have distanced themselves from him.
But much of the criticism of Dukakis has been unfounded. Instead of really analyzing the state's problems--and putting them in the context of a regionwide downturn--the reaction has been centered on Dukakis, the man, and Dukakis, the perceived failure. The attacks are simply the result of his...