Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THIS year should have been the one the Massachusetts Republican Party was declared officially dead. After a pathetically-weak performance by the GOP in the 1986 gubernatorial elections, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' candidacy should have bolstered the state Democratic ranks even further, and sent Bay State Republicans scurrying south for...
Instead, Dukakis' popularity in Massachusetts has plummeted since his presidential bid began, and the Republican Party has used this to their advantage to begin their long march back to political legitimacy.
Switzler was soon forced to step down, and the party quickly appointed a Waltham businessman, George Kariotis, to head the ticket. Dukakis won the general election handily by a margin of 69 to 31 percent.
THE 1986 election was the political victory that rocketed Michael Dukakis to national prominence and fueled his presidential ambitions. Dukakis' margin of victory was the highest in Massachusetts in a century, was the biggest ever by a Democratic governor here, and larger than even Governor Mario Cuomo's margin of...
Such impressive results gave Dukakis a presidential aura. This reasoning was faulty, explains state Senator David Locke, a member of the state Republican leadership: "Dukakis' success was camouflaged. He couldn't lose. He ran against an absolutely jinxed campaign, candidate and platform. [The results] were misread absolutely."