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THIS year should have been the one the Massachusetts Republican Party was declared officially dead. After a pathetically-weak performance by the GOP in the 1986 gubernatorial elections, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' candidacy should have bolstered the state Democratic ranks even further, and sent Bay State Republicans scurrying south for friendlier territory...
...GOP vice presidential candidate Quayle laughed at that, as he shrugged off Democratic campaign commercials aimed at raising doubts about his fitness for high office...
Vice presidential nominees Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen polished their debate lines yesterday in preparation for their 90 minutes in the campaign spotlight. At the top of the tickets, George Bush said he wanted to inspire affluent youths "to help our poor," while Gov. Michael S. Dukakis said the GOP offers only "slogans and symbols...
...Professor of Government Roger Porter, a Reagan White House appointee, may be asked back to Washington in the advent of a GOP triumph. This semester, Porter is teaching a popular course on the presidency that may presage his return to the capital...
...GOP nominee, elated by an eight-point lead over Dukakis in public opinion polls, relaxed at his Washington home this weekend before leaving tomorrow for appearances in New Jersey, Illinois, Missouri, California and Ohio...