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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

YOU BREAK EVERYBODY'S BACK: The 1988 Presidential Election - Part 5, Squishy Lead

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

Politics, History, News

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Michael Dukakis secures the nomination, unifies his party and has a well-regarded convention. He's seventeen points ahead in the polls. Is it real? Even his own campaign staff thinks it may not be. A story in Reader's Digest is troubling. In New Orleans, Bush fires back, while dealing with questions about his choice for number two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.

0:04.0

Do you want to know where you can find almost 500 episodes of the history of World War II?

0:10.0

Hi, I'm Ray Harris Jr. inviting you to check out my podcast, The History of World War II

0:15.6

podcast, where I provide in-depth examinations of the key people in events that shaped

0:21.1

World War II.

0:22.1

While there, you'll also find interviews with

0:24.7

authors who provide new and interesting reflections that help further our

0:29.2

understanding of the conflict and the people that fought it.

0:32.8

And a new episode comes out every week.

0:34.8

And more history, that's always a good thing.

0:37.8

That's the History of World War II Podcast or World War II Podcasts. Paudkest.

0:43.0

I want you to imagine that the door opens

0:50.0

I want you to imagine that the door opens and George Bush walks through it. What is your reaction?

0:57.0

Do Congress's campaign managers were elated when they asked that question, not directly to voters, but through a paid moderator and watching

1:05.8

blue-collar voters they needed to reach through a one-way glass.

1:11.8

To a person, these individuals could not see it. George Bush was not going to be in

1:18.7

their living room. Was not going to happen. In 1988 campaigns were really getting to know the voters, at least in rooms where they wouldn't be seen.

1:28.0

Give them $20, a few donuts, maybe a chicken salad sandwich, and get them to talk. Truth be told, they're not scientific.

1:37.4

They aren't like surveys. But consultants were getting down on those quantified surveys.

1:44.8

Dukanka strategist Tom Kiley would tell newspapers.

1:48.0

They represent a window these focus groups into the real world

1:52.0

and keep us in touch.

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