Word: musts
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Considering the very real problems our country faces, this made-for-TV campaign seems almost criminal. But for every crime, there must be a perpetrator. After the fact, it has become fashionable to blame Vice President George Bush for using dirty tactics, or Gov. Michael S. Dukakis for being too weak in responding...
...effects of such insipid politicking have been obvious and immediate. The stock market has fallen more than 50 points since election day, as investors are unsure if the President-elect even has a policy to deal with the deficit. I must pinch myself to believe that throughout 12 months of the campaign, we did not force Bush to enunciate an economic and fiscal policy, or even, apparently, to think very seriously about one. Perhaps he'll find one in a fish belly while he's in Florida this week...
Such quickness will be needed if the Irish are to speed by their two remaining opponents. They must deal with a weakened but still formidable Penn State and, in their final game, with No. 2-ranked U.S.C. If successful, the Irish will probably play currently unbeaten West Virginia in either the Fiesta Bowl or the Gator Bowl, a contest that could decide the national championship. But overconfidence is not in Holtz's playbook. Says he: "Right now -- I don't care what the polls say -- we're not the best in the country. But maybe...
...lacked a strategic vision, and until the last days, it failed to deliver a compelling message. It never respected the power of sound bites and commercials. It gravely misjudged George Bush. Worst of all, it allowed Bush to define Dukakis without a fight. Despite errors by his aides, Dukakis must bear the brunt of the blame. The man who ran as a competent manager ran an incompetent campaign...
...nature of the Dukakis defeat virtually guarantees four years of Democratic doctrinal debate, since nearly all factions in the party can concoct self-serving rationales for the setback. The party's Southern moderates will point to the popularity of Lloyd Bentsen as evidence that the 1992 nominee must be tough on defense and immune to Republican attacks on social issues. Jesse Jackson and the left-leaning liberals will decry Dukakis' ideological blandness. Even the party centrists, whose position has been weakened by the twin failures of Mondale and Dukakis, can with some justice argue that a better candidate might...