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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, lambasted by Bush throughout the presidential campaign for his ties to the Harvard "boutique," also failed to provide a prediction.

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: A Kinder, Gentler Matchup? | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

EVEN before President-elect George Bush takes the oath of office next January, the campaign to succeed Gov. Michael S. Dukakis as Bush's Democratic challenger will have begun in earnest. In the upcoming four-year campaign for the 1992 nomination, the Democrats can look forward to more internecine squabbling...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Starting Over | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

THE party's left wing blames the loss on Dukakis for trying to run from his ideological roots. They insist that, had Dukakis made a cogent defense of liberalism and inspired voters, rather than allowing Bush to distort the word "liberal" into a verbal cudgel roughly equivalent to "child molester...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Starting Over | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

The conservatives and moderates hope for Sen. Sam Nunn (D--Ga.) or former Virginia Governor and Senatorelect Charles Robb. But it's not going to happen. In addition to serious ideological liabilities (Nunn has been weak on civil rights and strong on nerve gas and SDI), each of the two...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Starting Over | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

No, not Mike Dukakis again. The man who can win for the Democrats is Bill Bradley. The popular New Jersey Senator is a Rhodes scholar, former professional basketball player, and a highly respected man on Capitol Hill. He has been an architect of progressive policies such as tax reform.

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Starting Over | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

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