Word: dukakises
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In the meantime, Democrats can console themselves by imagining Bill Bradley or Mario Cuomo as FDR to Bush's Hoover. Michael Dukakis can remind himself that it's better to be right than President.
Although he missed his opportunity to cut the federal budget deficit, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis now must balance the Massachusetts budget, as he returns to the State House upon his presidential defeat.
In Cambridge polling places, Gov. Michael Dukakis won the presidential race in a landslide over his rival Vice President George Bush, while incumbent Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 also won handily, as did Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II.
Presidential candidate Gov. Michael Dukakis beat Vice President Bush by a margin of 31,492 votes to 8708 in Cambridge, approximately 77 percent to 21 percent. National election figures show that Bush beat Dukakis 54 percent to 46 percent, with Dukakis carrying his home state.
After a year on the campaign trail and away from state politics, Dukakis must assert his legitimacy as governor. Observers say the return will not be an easy one, as the Governor faces a large budget deficit, a divided staff and problems from establishing universal state health insurance.