Word: dukakises
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Locke and other Massachusetts Republican officials are quick to claim that Dukakis' poor ratings indicate that Bay State voters are unhappy with Dukakis' performance as governor, particulary since he launched his presidential campaign 17 months ago. They charge that Dukakis has ignored state matters while he has been campaigning across...
Locke says that "Dukakis has literally abandoned Massachusetts. He's governing on Saturdays, and using the state for his presidential ambitions." State Sen. Paul Cellucci, chairman of the Massachusetts Bush campaign concurs: "Clearly there is some dissatisfaction with the record and performance of Michael Dukakis. If Michael Dukakis was as...
State Democratic Party officials and the Dukakis-Bentsen campaign deny any erosion of support for Dukakis here, claiming the recent polls are meaningless, and that Dukakis will win Massachusetts by an overwhelming margin in November.
Bob Nickerson, the acting director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, explains that polls in the 1978 gubernatorial primary between Gov. Dukakis and challenger Edward J. King showed Dukakis to be much more popular than his opponent. Dukakis lost the primary to King 51 percent to 42 percent, but earlier polling...
DESPITE recent poll results, the prevailing political wisdom dictates that Mike Dukakis will probably win Massachusetts' 13 electoral votes in the presidential election, although by a much smaller margin than he would like. But Dukakis' national campaign has revitalized the state Republicans, rather than completely eliminating them. Whether Dukakis wins...