Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rich Bond, Bush's political director, contended that Dukakis' political base is cracking. Bond called New York "the jewel in his base, and it's shaky for him."
In almost every speech he makes, Bush says he opposes almost all abortions while Dukakis does not.
Dukakis was greeted by news of a poll saying he is 10 points behind Bush in Connecticut, a state that borders his home base of Massachusetts. "You know the polls," Dukakis commented. "They go up and down."
Bush, campaigning in a state once considered a stronghold for Dukakis, traveled to the New York City borough of Queens to receive police endorsements and to campaign in a Democratic neighborhood.
"It's time for America to take back the streets," Bush said, calling the new police backing "an exclamation point" for his campaign. Both he and Dukakis have made much of endorsements from law-enforcement organizations during a campaign in which Bush has sought to portray Dukakis as soft on...