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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then Dukakis was to fly via Wisconsin to California for a full day of campaigning today for that crucial state's 47 electoral votes. Bush and his running mate, Sen. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.), took a respite from campaigning at their Washington homes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bentsen, Jackson Criticize Bush Ads | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...real connections between the races of 1960 and 1988 are wispy to the point of mere coincidence. A youngish Democratic candidate from Massachusetts (Dukakis, at 54, is eleven years older than Kennedy was in 1960) with an older running mate, a Senator from Texas, campaigns against a sitting Vice President who for eight years served an aging, popular Republican father figure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Myth and Memory | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

...neighboring Ohio, Sen. Dan Quayle, who isBush's running mate, said the economic recoverygenerated during the Reagan-Bush administrationmeans "a job for all who want to work. It meansfor the first time ever we can make and keep thepromise of a job for every American who wants ajob...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Duke Likens Bush Campaign to Watergate | 10/21/1988 | See Source »

Dukakis' running mate Lloyd Bentsen delivered a strongly worded response to the Republicans, accusing Bush of running "one of the most outrageous displays of negative campaigning ever seen in the history of national politics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Lashes Out at Bush | 10/19/1988 | See Source »

...next two days, like people after a storm, Republicans waited anxiously to see if the roof would cave in. The Bush campaign started to edge away from Quayle. During his first speech after the debate, Bush failed even to mention his running mate. But Ronald Reagan proclaimed during a White House photo opportunity that Bentsen's J.F.K. line was a "cheap shot." Responded Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich: "When the Republicans call something a cheap shot, you know you've scored a direct hit." Republicans tried to make a virtue out of necessity by having Quayle dub himself a "lightning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ninety Long Minutes in Omaha | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

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