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Wright was ready. But as soon as the twin TelePrompTers on the podium began to roll, he discovered that the ghostly text was not his prepared speech but that of Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who was scheduled to follow him. Wright, a stump speaker of the old school, improvised...
Campaign staffing. Members of Jackson's organization will be integrated into Dukakis' staffs in all 50 states. Jackson will stump every day, sometimes with Dukakis, probably using funds and an airplane paid for by both the D.N.C. and the Dukakis campaign...
...among those exposed to the sharpest sense of loss. He had pointed to Kennedy's career as a model for his own -- written college advice to his Senate office, attended as a 26-year- old spectator the convention that nominated him in Los Angeles, invoked his name on the stump. Yet when people all around him were losing their heads at the disaster, Dukakis typically kept...
...Grand Ole Opry could not overcome the lack of excitement generated by a Bentsen appearance. Some 150 people showed up, sitting in small clumps, a family here, a family there. The desultory clapping only emphasized the vastness of the grandstand and the paucity of the crowd. The second his stump speech was over, Bentsen strode angrily back to his car and shook the Missouri dust off his expensive shoes. A few months later he ended his campaign, but organizers of the event remember that day in Sikeston the way others remember a death in the family. The 1976 race...
Dukakis' most obvious strategic opening is to attack the Reagan Administration for its most obvious failings, including Iranscam and the Noriega fiasco. So far he has done that without appearing negative by assaulting Bush personally. A more difficult challenge for Dukakis will be to flesh out his vague stump speeches with more specifics. This means converting his pleasant-sounding concepts -- such as a "real war on drugs" and "comprehensive day care" -- to realistic programs complete with price tags. He also owes voters a credible explanation of how he will curb the federal deficit. If his follow-up sounds as expensive...