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elleng

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2. "He's a long distance runner,"
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 03:29 PM
Nov 2023

*Dukakis is credited with reorienting the state’s Democratic Party away from big-city machine politics and toward the more policy-focused outlook of suburban voters and progressive activists.

“He’s inspired whole generations and more to take seriously state and local government,” said Jackson. “For many of us, he’s our generation’s John F. Kennedy, inspiring us to do what’s right for your community, not just your country.”

He was ahead of the curve in pushing a universal health care law in the late 1980s. He saw the need for a robust public transportation system to power a major metropolitan economy when others were still fixated on the auto age. '

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