County of presidents shapes 1988 race in Norfolk County
Bush and Dukakis share a birthplace tag in Massachusetts Norfolk County producing three presidents John Adams John Quincy Adams and John F Kennedy. Dukakis born Brookline and Bush born Milton both tout roots while campaign aides downplay the borough label.
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Kennedy
Boston
George Bush
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Oval Office
Norfolk County
David Locke
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Bush
Milton
Washington, D.C
Texas
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dukakis
Brookline
JFK
Presi
Ian Estrich
Estrich
Paul Cellucci
Norfolk
Hobart Holly
Quincy
Holly
John Quincy
Simon Dole lead Iowa poll in Democratic and Republican races
Des Moines Register poll shows Paul Simon atop Democrats with 24 percent in Iowa caucuses, Dukakis 18 and Gephardt 14. On the GOP side Bob Dole leads Bush 36 to 30, with Kemp 9, Robertson 8, du Pont 5 and Haig 2. Polls cover Oct 29 to Nov 12 with margins of error around five percent.
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YES Moines
Illinois
Paul Simon
Iowa
Senate
Bob Dole
George Bush
Dole
Bush
Des Moines Register
Simon
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Missouri
Richard Gephardt
Minnesota
Pat Mitchell
Gephardt
Fed
Dukakis
Washington
Ssse Jackson
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Tennessee
Albert Gore Jr
New York
Jack Kemp
Pat Robertson
Delaware
Pete du Pont
Alexander Haig
Haig signals possible use of nuclear weapons in crisis
Alexander Haig told Harvard’s Kennedy School interview that he might use nuclear arms if needed and predicted the U S Soviet treaty on intermediate range missiles would not be ratified before the 1988 election. He accused Reagan of early responsibility failure over Iran Contra and urged decisive action.
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Cambivor
Mass
Alexander Haig
George Washington
Haig
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard
Marvin Kalb
Network TV
Kalb
United States
Soviet Union
Reagan
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