Former Candidate Dukakis' Take on the Current Presidential Campaign

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Published February 18, 2008 at 12:14 PM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis gives us his take on this presidential campaign and the state of national politics.

Tom Fudge : It was 20 years ago that the Democratic party chose Michael Dukakis as its nominee. That year, he lost the election to George Bush Sr., who served as vice-president under Ronald Reagan. Like anyone who has made a serious run for president, Dukakis has been through a lot. He has a lot of stories to tell, and he has some thoughts about the presidential campaign we're now watching.

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Michael Dukakis , former governor of Massachusetts and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He is now a professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston and at UCLA .