Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During a televised debate before last June's primary, Dukakis was asked what he found distinctive about the Golden State. He replied by expounding on the universal applicability of the "Massachusetts miracle," as if he discerned little that was special about California. He seems to see it as a bigger...
Bush and his advisers, not a few of whom hail from California, see a very different state: one peopled by wealthy retirees, Yuppie venture capitalists and tax-hating suburbanites, as well as socially conservative farmers and truck drivers. Their vision, like that of Dukakis, leaves out a good deal, but...
He could indeed lose them. In fact, at least two of Bush's top advisers predict -- strictly off the record and perhaps in a sly effort to lower expectations -- that he will. But in the past two months, Dukakis' once commanding lead in the California polls has disappeared, shrinking from...
These offsetting appeals are likely to produce about 4 million votes for Bush among registered Republicans, mostly in affluent suburbs, and an equivalent base for Dukakis among the 4 million Democrats who voted for Walter Mondale in 1984, most of whom live in big cities. The election may be decided...
In contrast, Dukakis, despite his own aloofness, has at least a chance to come across to suburbanites, in California as in Illinois, as one of them. Says Political Consultant Hank Morris: "California is almost all suburbs, so there is a great opportunity for Dukakis to emphasize that he is the...