Word: sasso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reports aren't true, John Sasso can fudge...
Brountas called Sasso at Martha's Vineyard, where he had just begun a holiday with his wife. Could Sasso come to Boston immediately? Around Dukakis' kitchen table in Brookline, Dukakis asked Sasso to return and "run" the campaign. He "could kick himself," Dukakis said, that he hadn't done this earlier...
Dukakis was impressed. He asked Sasso to put all this in a memo and report back in a few weeks. A week later, Dukakis changed his mind. Newspaper stories speculated that Sasso was about to be recalled. Spooked by all the media attention, Dukakis got word to Sasso to forget about...
...August, as Bush found his voice, Dukakis appeared lost.. His negatives had climbed above 40%. He needed a coherent structure, and none was in place. Dukakis had no choice but to turn to Sasso. It was embarrassing for the self-righteous Dukakis; he was publicly going back on his word...
...Sasso found the campaign in disarray, the advertising a shambles. He quickly signed up surrogates like Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley to stump for Dukakis. Soon Dukakis began to fire back with his populist message of fighting for the middle class. But it was too little, too late...