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Michael Dukakis

The Miracle of Political Resurrections

Rich Rubino | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics
Rich Rubino

Easter is upon us, a time when Christians celebrate their belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. In the political sphere, there are also resurrections.

Olympia Dukakis: Role in A.C.T.'s Elektra Is Downright Riveting

Greg Archer | Posted 10.31.2012 | San Francisco
Greg Archer

Olympia Dukakis returns to San Francisco in ACT's ambitious production of Sophocles' Elektra. The show chronicles the seemingly inescapable depths into which its lead character plunges as she grapples with love and revenge.

As the Polyjuice Potion Wears Off, Will We Find Out Who Mitt Romney Really Is?

David Paul | Posted 12.01.2012 | Politics
David Paul

The Romney that poked his head out of the ground last week was not the Romney that Republican activists presumed that they nominated. We saw glimpses once again of the Romney that once was -- and that Romney's primary opponents long warned against.

Romney Or Obama? A Secular Voting Guide

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 11.24.2012 | Religion
Jacques Berlinerblau

Back in hoary antiquity -- say, prior to the presidential election of 2004 -- a secularist's voting preference was fore-ordained. To wit, a secularist voted for the Democrat and the Democrat only. But things have changed.

Jason Linkins

Foreign Policy Flubs Can Be Campaign Coffin Nails: HuffPost List

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.17.2012 | Politics

This week’s big shiny campaign hurlyburly was Mitt Romney’s decision not to abide by our traditional "politics stops at the water’s edge" po...

Sam Stein

Michael Dukakis Recalls Delivering Acceptance Speech At 1988 Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There are 13 people currently living who have given a primetime convention speech accepting their party's presidential nomination. ...

Arab American Democrats in Charlotte

James Zogby | Posted 09.01.2012 | Politics
James Zogby

This convention will be different. For Arab Americans, with our record breaking numbers, it will represent a "coming of age." Our hard work has brought us from exclusion to being respected and recognized as part of the mainstream of the Democratic Party.

Let Freedom Ring

D. R. Tucker | Posted 07.12.2012 | Politics
D. R. Tucker

Like millions of Americans, I applaud President Obama's decision to firmly support marriage equality. However, I can't help noting, with a bit of regi...

Paul Blumenthal

Super PAC Mad Men

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 03.08.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The 2012 Republican presidential primary campaign has been the most negative in recent memory. The main culprits are well-funded super P...

Ryan Grim

Rick Santorum Compares Mitt Romney To Michael Dukakis

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2012 | Politics

Tired of hearing Mitt Romney crow about his record of balancing the budget while governor of Massachusetts, Rick Santorum delivered what may have been...

Why I'll Be Watching Yet Another Republican Debate Tonight

Andy Ostroy | Posted 03.27.2012 | Politics
Andy Ostroy

What I'm waiting for is that delicious moment all politicians dread. The moment in a debate where a candidate suffers from humiliating foot-in-mouth disease, in some cases blowing the campaign.

Jon Ward

Mitt Romney's Massachusetts Roots Downplayed By His Campaign, Dismissed By Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney is the latest in a lengthy line of Massachusetts politicians who have tried to become the first president since John F...

Michael Dukakis on Campaign Jujitsu, Improving Obama's Communications Strategy, and Where Occupy Should Go Next

Matt Bieber | Posted 02.25.2012 | Politics
Matt Bieber

Do you think the kind of guy that Dukakis was as a politician, unabashedly liberal, blue collar, rode the subway to work -- has that model been eclipsed? Could Dukakis have been successful in today's environment?

Read Our Lips: No New Texans

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.21.2011 | Politics
Michael Sigman

As onerous as the prospect of a Mitt Romney candidacy may be, the thought that Rick Perry might be our next president inspires the paraphrasing of an infamous George H.W. Bush slogan.

Romney's Work Beginning to Pay Off

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.19.2011 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

Mitt Romney is emerging as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Unless other candidates begin raising money and building an organization, the race for the Republican nomination will be over before it starts.

Governors Should Consider Weld Model in Fighting Fiscal Deficits

John B. Stimpson | Posted 05.29.2011 | Politics
John B. Stimpson

Politics as usual dictates that Republicans and Democrats have to win at each other's expense. But as William Weld and the Legislature demonstrated in Massachusetts, it is possible for both parties to win.

Remembering Reagan

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

23 years after leaving office, almost seven years after his death and 100 years after his birth, Reagan is a legitimate icon. While the elements of his legacy can, and must, be challenged, it remains true that in death, Reagan remains largely Teflon.

Popular Vote v. Electoral College (Why The Media Badly Needs A History Lesson)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mark Nickolas

It's painful to watch these fools -- they don't know how a five-point popular vote victory almost always translates when it comes to the only metric that matters -- the Electoral College. (Hint: landslide).

Mr. President, Please: Learn From Dukakis' Worst Political Blunder

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
SaraKay Smullens

"Governor," Bernard Shaw asked Michael Dukakis during a 1988 presidential debate, "if Kitty Dukakis (the governor's wife) were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?"

Will Democrats Lose Big in November? Only if They Choose to

Zach Friend | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Zach Friend

The talking heads have declared it so. But you know, political pundits and have a lot in common with stock analysts: they're pretty good at explaining the future -- right after it happens.

How Ted Kennedy Helped Me Home

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Randy Susan Meyers

Back in the days of the crazy housing boom in Boston, the Mission Hill triple-decker where I rented an apartment for my daughters and myself was sold to a guy who quadrupled our rent to an impossible sum.

There You Go Again: the Death Rites of Miranda

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jeff Schweitzer

GOP candidates are manly men who fight for law and order. Only leftist weaklings bother with details like fair trials or worry about executing innocent prisoners.

UK's First Televised Prime Ministerial Debates: Game Changers

Rome Hartman | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Rome Hartman

The televised sessions have been crucial in changing the entire direction of the campaign. Gordon Brown and (especially) David Cameron must be kicking themselves.

There You Go Again, Newt

Scott Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Scott Lilly

Gingrich's attempt to label Obama's administration a "secular socialist machine" has nothing to do with history and everything to do the kind of brass knuckle politics which will be his living legacy.

Open Letter to Mike Huckabee

Fred Karger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Fred Karger

Now the Republican Party has its own 21st Century George Wallace, another Southern Governor who has also run for president, Mike Huckabee of Arkansas.