1988: Did Dukakis have any chance at winning?
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« on: January 29, 2010, 07:03:41 PM »
In 1988, was there any chance of Dukakis winning or was he simply that bad of a candidate? What were his proposed policy ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2010, 07:06:24 PM »
Yes, he led Bush by 10-20% in the polls over the summer. He might have pulled it out in the end if he ran a better campaign in the fall.
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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2010, 07:34:49 PM »
Indeed, the only problem was that he screwed up his campaign royally.
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