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Article: CANDIDATE DUKAKIS PLAYS UP HIS GREEK CONNECTION
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 2, 1987
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Governor Dukakis has taken his Greek heritage to Iowa and New
Hampshire, and this week to New York, all in an effort to see if it
can take him to Washington.
Not by itself, of course.
Dukakis, among other things, is a sitting governor, a
Democrat and something of a moralist. He clearly had all these in
mind when he announced his decision to run for the presidency on
March 16, declaring his belief that "the American people will
ultimately entrust the presidency to one of us on the basis of who
we are."
But it would be a mistake to underestimate Dukakis' own
reliance on his Greek roots as an asset in the campaign.
In two ways. First, there is a remarkable sense of connection
among ...