Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anything people don't like about an administration can be used against the vice president, said Sears. But the Dukakis campaign failed to make Bush defend himself on issues such as the homeless, because "Mr. Dukakis didn't seem to understand that you could do these things," said Sears.
Democratic and Republican consultants agreed yesterday that Governor Michael S. Dukakis lost the race for president because of ineffective campaigning--not overwhelming national support for Bush.
Dukakis also failed because he made no effort to show his own personality to most of the nation, Sears said, adding "Whenever you let your opponents fill in the blanks you're going to lose."
There was a predictable amount of Dukakis bashing from the Republicans, who have gone more than a decade without a GOP senator or governor in the state.
"We don't need Mike Dukakis in Washington. George Bush and the American people have sent him back to Massachusetts," said State Rep. Steven D. Pierce, the House minority leader. "And in 1990, we're going to send Mike Dukakis back to Brookline."