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...Election Day he never went to the Oval Office, a rare departure from his schedule. He stayed in the White House's private quarters, padding around some of the time in a jogging outfit, phoning old friends and sampling the early television bulletins. His pollster Richard Wirthlin came around, and the two men looked at the figures. A sudden drop in Bush support in some spots had caused overnight concern, but then the tracking data through the day showed a solid Bush lead. He cut the photo opportunities down to a lone picture of Nancy and him watching the early...
...polls said otherwise, and few outside theDukakis inner circle raised their voice todisagree. Pollster Lou Harris was one. He saidBush's margin was shrinking steadily...
...Bush pollster Robert Teeter, interviewed onNBC-TV's "Meet the Press," rejected complaintsthat the vice president had run a nasty campaignand said private GOP surveys showed Bush leadingby a bigger margin than reported by the network...
Though Dukakis had long resisted making such an appeal because of its "divisive" overtones of class war, it is about his only chance now. "He should set up as many 'them vs. us' formulas as he can," says Democratic pollster Peter Hart. Amazingly, it has been the Republicans, led by preppy Bush, who have succeeded in painting Dukakis and his followers as a bunch of Harvard-Brookline liberal elitists. The Democrats' failure to capitalize on latent populist resentment, says a senior Bush campaign aide, "is the biggest surprise of the campaign. They just never figured...
...still win," says a G. O. P. pollster. But as Bush holds on to a commanding lead, the Duke needs a big break -- plus more of the populist passion he showed last week. -- Jesse Jackson is back on the stump for the Democrats -- and for himself. -- Nancy Reagan returns some designer dresses. -- Should the U. S. double the cigarette tax? A campaign Essay on health care...