Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Colorado's 18-man delegation, then seven of Utah's 14 delegates, and six of the twelve from Wyoming. When the Utah delegates, who had previously been committed to Taft, emerged from Ike's office, State Chairman A. Pratt Kesler suggested that on the second ballot at Chicago, perhaps six of Utah's votes would shift from Taft to Ike. Once back home, however, the Utah delegation was re-corralled by Taftmen, who soon announced that all 14 members were committed to support Taft as long as the Senator had any chance for the nomination. Next...
...four days of meetings it was not certain that Ike had picked up any first-ballot votes, but to some extent he had realized the old soldiers' toast: "Confusion to the enemy...
...counted 56 he had picked up since Ike came home, and offhand made a surprising claim: "he already has about 603 or 604 delegates" (needed for nomination: 604). The only question left, said bland Bob Taft, is whether to shoot the works and take the nomination on the first ballot or hold back for a while. As he talked, neutral polls gave him about 470 delegates...
...continue to do nothing until Chicago where, on the first ballot, some think he might go for MacArthur-a safe way to temporize-and then jump either on an Ike or a Taft bandwagon. But there is some question whether Fine can hold on to his bloc of delegates that long. Also, a last-minute decision will earn him less gratitude from the nominee than an earlier commitment...
...what we had hoped for." Eisenhower's supporters were quick to point out that this was in Taft's Midwest stronghold, where he should win if he could win anywhere. Ike's show of strength, without a personal campaign and without his name on the ballot, was a "moral victory," they said. But Ike, now home to speak for himself, took a different view: "I don't understand moral victories. When you go to war, it's win or lose...