I don't see any reason why he shouldn't. At a spry 83, Dukakis will not be out of place in terms of age with the rest of the prospective Democratic field, including Sanders (who will turn 75 in 2016), Biden (74), Webb (70), Clinton (69), and Warren (67). As far as his potential opponent in the general election, the prospective Republican field includes men like Bush and Pataki who haven't run for office in over a decade, as well as already failed presidential candidates like Huckabee and Santorum. Why, before deciding against another campaign last month, Romney (who is a former Massachusetts governor and failed presidential candidate, just like Dukakis) was polling at the top of the pack.
As a Greek-American Orthodox Christian with a Jewish wife, former governor Dukakis adds a much needed streak of diversity to the Democratic field, which, with the exception of Sanders (who is Jewish), is entirely composed of either Irish Catholics (O'Malley, Biden) or WASPS (Clinton, Warren, Webb).
The demographic changes of the past quarter century have made Dukakis much more electable than he was in 1988; after all, among white voters, Romney beat Obama by roughly the same margin that the first Bush defeated Dukakis, and yet while Dukakis only won ten states and 111 electoral votes, Obama sailed into his second term with 26 states and 332 electoral votes.
As for Dukakis' choice of running mate, I'd like to nominate former Georgia governor and 39th President of the United States, James Earl Carter. There's no law which would prevent a former president from being vice president, and Carter would bring the same sort of folksy grandfather appeal to the office that Biden did. On top of that, I think Carter could really help win back some of the white Southern voters that the Democratic party has lost in recent years.
seems like a modest proposal
