Article: DUKAKIS THREAT

It wasn't much of a week for George Bush, what with Ronald Reagan pronouncing his name to rhyme with thrush, gush, hush and mush rather than tush and push.

But it wasn't all that much better for Mike Dukakis, as his "Massachusetts miracle" lost some of its magic, with budgetary problems acknowledged, more industrial jobs lost and pesky local Republicans complaining of his absenteeism.

Nevertheless, the governor of Massachusetts, less than six months ago a near-nonentity among national figures, is even with or ahead of the vice president, a man whose resume and recognition factors should have him running far ahead of the recently obscure governor.

Bush's advisers are said to be ...

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