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...Boston Phoenix claimed that Frank Keefe, the Secretary of Administration and Finance, leaked the figure to the news against the will of Chief of Staff John Sasso. Sasso reportedly planned to let the new estimate be announced by Chairman of the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Commitee Richard Voke...
...doing, Sasso allegedly hoped to avoid any demands for the surplus' expenditure. Dukakis has already endorsed the House version of next year's budget, under which the surplus would be allocated automatically...
...below that of Mondale, she clearly turned off some voters. How much of that was attributable to her individual political style and how much solely to the fact of her sex will be a key political question in the months ahead. But in any case, says Campaign Manager John Sasso, some early estimates of Ferraro's ballot-box appeal were simply unrealistic. "Expectations were very high, maybe too high," he says. "Some people expected she would singlehandedly sweep up all the ethnics, all the women. My god, that's three-quarters of the country...
...while one thought Ferraro had eked out a victory and two scored the match as a tie. Both performances had been sufficiently credible for the candidates' backers to claim a win. Said G.O.P. Campaign Manager Edward Rollins: "The Vice President did extremely well." Countered Ferraro Campaign Manager John Sasso: "She went toe-to-toe with the Vice President of the United States and not only held her own but distinguished herself...
...however, is the debate. As they prepared last weekend, Ferraro seemed nervous. At least her campaign manager is confident. "I think she's going to be a lot more comfortable saying what she wants than Bush will," said Sasso. Bush, however, was relaxed. "I will try to be myself, for better or for worse," he said. "Not tear her down but let her speak up on her side. You have to be what you are. You gotta hang in there...