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Wednesday, November 9, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
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KU experts react to Bush's victory
By Cindy Harger Kansan staff writer
Peace and prosperity brought about the election of George Bush, but his victory was far from a mandate for the Republican party, local political experts said.
While Bush won about 54 percent of the national popular vote, Democratic candidates gained several seats in Congress and had strong showings in many state and local races.
"The bottom line is Bush won because the economy is doing well. But then locally, the Democrats have been most successful in recent times with domestic problems," said Roy Laird, KU professor of political science. "The American people vote by their pocketbooks."
"It's the schizophrenia of American voters. On the one hand, they want a strong leader who will solve their foreign relations problems, and they also have the Senate and House making life at home better. In a very rational but schizophrenic
way, the American people are having their cake and eating it, too."
Bush won about 56 percent of the Kansas vote. In Douglas County, the margin was slimmer. The Bush-Quiley tape edged out the Dukaik-Brensten tape, capturing slightly less than 50 percent of the vote.
Allan Ciglar, KU associate professor of political science, said that although Kansas is a strong Republican state. Bush's lead here may have been narrowed because of the close race between Bush and Kansas Sen. Bob Dole for the Republican nomination.
However, Cigler said Bush's victory in both the state and across the nation was no surprise.
"People see a good economy and a country at peace," he said. "People will probably talk about a poorly run Democratic campaign. Dukakis was very vulnerable."
Cigler said that he thought the Democrats had a chance of winning this year's presidential election,
Burdett Loomis, chairman of the KU political science department, agreed.
but that they didn't defend themselves against the Bush campaign's negative attacks soon enough
"The consensus is that the Dukakis campaign was very, very late in responding to negative ads. On the other hand, the Republican campaign was consistently very strong. It walked a narrow tightrope on truth, but it consistently ran a strong campaign."
Cigler said that relations between Congress and the president would be tense because many Democrats who had been voted into Congress were bad feelings about Bush's negative campaign.
"We may enter into an era where the president is not nearly the initiating force that the last couple of presidents have been," Cigler said. "Any new initiatives from the president won't get very far and initiatives from Congress will have a lot of problems."
Election breakdown by county
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Bush said he would begin making decisions on his new administration today.
On Dukaiks, Bush said, "I think I know how Governor Dukaiks feels. I lost a few along the way myself and it hurts."
Dukakis concedes
Dukakis, his long race for the presidency ending in disappointment, told supporters in Boston that "we are ready to embrace 'the values and we share us'."
"This campaign has not been just about me and Lloyd Bentsen." Dukakis told a crowd of 3,000 supporters who gathered for what they had hoped would be a victory motion at Boston's World Trade Center.
"It's been about all of us, the values and the ideals that we share. That's what we've been fighting for," he said in time to work for every day," he said.
Dukakis, standing with his wife, Kitty, and family members, said he had telephoned Bush to congratulate him for being a chorus of boos from the crowd.
"I know I speak for all of you and all of the American people when I say he will be our president and we will work with him," he said. "This nation faces major challenges and we must work together."
After speaking, Dukakis went into a private meeting with his staff and major contributors before heading home to his Perry Street duplex.
His supporters cheered "92, 92," in reference to another quest for the presidency, in four years. But Dukakis made no reference to a repeat of his candidacy. And his mother, Euterep Dukakis, had a quick answer when asked if he wanted him to run again: "No."
Quayle celebrates
Dan Quayle pledged in triumph last night to serve the nation with devotion and dedication under Bush and proclaimed the Republican and pro-Republican management of the changes President Reagan has brought to the United States.
Standing under the glare of lights in a Washington ballroom packed with some 4,000 well-wishers, Quayle also promised, "I won't rest ever in my determination to serve our next president, George Bush.
"You have truly made this the most memorable night of our lives," said Quayle, who got on an unween start as the No. 2 man on the ticket.
Quayle, 41, was accompanied on the stage by his wife, Marilyn, and their three children, Tucker, 14, Benjamin, 12, and Corinne, 9.
"You need never question the devotion and dedication I will bring to this job," he said.
"I know that my obligation to our Constitution and to our people is sacred. The vive presidency is not a job. It is a trust created by each of you. I will never violate that trust."
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