Word: welds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When William F. Weld '66 took over the governor's office in 1990, most saw it as sort of a Massachusetts political fluke. The Dukakis administration had spiraled out of control, and the Democratic nominee, Boston University President John Silber, lacked credibility even in his own party...
...perhaps because Roosevelt and his primary opponents--former state Sen. George Bachrach (D-Watertown) and state Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge)--are still hammering away at each other and barely have time to talk about Weld...
...most probably, Weld can relax because that most elusive of candidates, Undecided, seems poised to carry the Democratic primary with as much as 55 percent of the vote, according to the results of a Barrett campaign poll recently published in the Boston Globe...
...leaves Weld in the advantageous position, no matter which Democrat comes home with the nomination. Democratic campaign advisors still call the race "wide open...
Roosevelt is a moderate Democrat by most standards, agreeing with Weld in supporting of the death penalty and in calling for an overhaul of the welfare system...