Word: dukakises
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In 1988, the battle between left and right over definition continues; unfortunately, the right is winning. Gov. Michael S. Dukakis has been deservedly lambasted for refusing to offer a positive definition of a "liberal" or for failing to explain why members of the American Civil Liberties Union are patriotic. George...
There is a danger in playing a team far worse than you. It is the Michael Dukakis principle--you play down to the level of your competition.
George Bush did not expect a honeymoon, but he did not get even the quiet Florida fishing weekend he had hoped for. Just after American voters overwhelmingly chose him over Michael Dukakis, the world's financial markets sent Bush a message of their own: the Dow Jones industrial average plunged...
But Sununu is no Dan Quayle. A seasoned and quick-witted political street fighter, he is respected as crafty, tough and stubborn. An M.I.T.-trained engineer and nuclear-power enthusiast who is completing his third term as Governor, he holds a deep conservatism that is both economic and social. Sununu...
At various stages in his career, the President-elect has shown different faces to the world, prompting some observers to wonder just which George Bush will show up for the Inauguration: The moderate, traditional Republican who ran in 1980, or the right-tilting conservative on the stump this year? The...