Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mitchell campaigned with a full-court press that would have done his brothers proud, cadging six to eight Senators a day, extracting ironclad promises, not simple assurances, of support. He was aided by his colleagues' misgivings about Johnston's ties to Big Oil interests and Inouye's lackluster television style...
The perception that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis was a man of far greater substance than Quayle was a correct one, but not because Dukakis was educated at Swathmore and Harvard Law and Quayle attended a much less prestigious university. It was because both Dukakis and Quayle had dedicated their lives...
Worse yet, another mob, including a fellow named Michael Dukakis, stands on Long Wharf, poised to plunge into what the president-elect calls the most polluted body of water in America.
The panic has spread beyond the common fan. The state legislature is in emergency session. They're voting to donate their salaries to Bruce if he stays. Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy offers to give him her new car. Gov. Dukakis offers his T pass if he stays.
After Dukakis, the Democrats have only two avenues to recovery. They can present a rethought social-democratic vision that challenges the nationalist party by presenting an alternative to it. Or they can try to seize the nationalist issue themselves. Failing that, they have one hope left. They can pray for...