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Massachusetts: Michael Dukakis

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 08:28

Dukakis: Obama running a ‘much better campaign’ than I did in ‘88

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Former governor Michael Dukakis is "cautiously optimistic" about Democratic nominee Barack Obama's chances in November and said Republican nominee John McCain's shift to personal attacks are part of the usual GOP playbook, the New York Observer reported Tuesday.

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Fri, 10/03/2008 - 16:05

Wilkerson faces possible disbarment

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, in the midst of her write-in re-election campaign against challenger Sonia Chang-Diaz, may face disbarment proceedings, the Boston Globe reports.

The Globe reports that the state Bar Counsel has filed a complaint against the Wilkerson, a Boston Democrat, for allegedly lying under oath during a 2005 court hearing.

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Fri, 09/26/2008 - 15:12

This week's PolitickerMA.com's Winners & Losers

By Wally Edge

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Sonia Chang-Diaz (D) will likely win the recount, and if she does, her party's establishment is expected to fall in line behind her. Meanwhile, incumbent state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson is the big sore loser of the week. They're among this week's Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

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Mon, 09/22/2008 - 13:40

Dukakis: McCain using same race tactics as ‘Willie Horton’ ad

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Former Gov. Michael Dukakis said Monday that John McCain's presidential campaign is using the same race-based tactics that were used against him in his 1988 presidential run.

The Brookline Democrat was referring to a recent McCain ad that claimed Democratic nominee Barack Obama received economic advice from Franklin Raines, the former CEO of the recently bailed out mortgage lender Fannie Mae. The ad features images of Raines and Obama, two African Americans, and then an image of an elderly white woman.

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Thu, 08/28/2008 - 19:04

Former Gov. Michael Dukakis at the Democratic National Convention

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=936|title=Former Mass. governor and presidential nominee Michael Dukakis|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=287]Former Mass. governor and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis awaits Barack Obama's speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention.

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Tue, 08/05/2008 - 08:44

Obama rakes in nearly $5M at Boston birthday fundraiser

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

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BOSTON - Many of Boston's wealthiest Democrats gathered downtown Monday night to open their city and their pocketbooks to presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama on his 47th birthday.

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Thu, 07/10/2008 - 06:59

Popular vote bill passes Mass. House of Representatives

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

After much anticipation and much debate, a measure that would abolish the Electoral College as the system by which the U.S. president is elected passed in the Massachusetts [img_assist|nid=192|title=House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi (D-Boston)|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=171|height=180]House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon.  

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Wed, 07/02/2008 - 21:44

Dukakis: 'Obama, not McCain, is the conservative'

By editor

On Fox News, The Duke Weighs In On '08

[img_assist|nid=231|title=Former Gov. Michael Dukakis|desc=Getty Images|link=none|align=left|width=420|height=206]Former Gov. Mike Dukakis has a few pieces of advice to offer to Barack Obama.

The 1988 Democratic presidential nominee appeared on Fox News' 'Hannity and Colmes' this evening and had a very general discussion about the 2008 presidential contest with Democrat Alan Colmes and his Republican guest host, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele.

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