DUKAKIS AFTER DARK, THE NEXT GENERATION:

● Shot: “I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy!”

—Jon Lovitz as Michael Dukakis, Saturday Night Live’s parody of the Bush-Dukakis debates, October 8, 1988.

● Chaser: “‘I can’t believe I’m losing to this idiot,’” said presidential candidate John Kerry when he learned he was losing in the polls.”

—Larry Elder, “Why Kerry Got Wiped Out During the Latest Election,” Capitalism Magazine, November 11, 2004.

● Yangover: Andrew Yang: ‘I Can’t Believe I Lost to These People.’

—The Washington Free Beacon, Wednesday.

(Classical reference in headline.)