Word: bandwagons
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Smart rightists-the tough, gutter-smart Sinarquistas and the smooth, book-smart Action Nationalistas-have made the most of it. They have jumped on the bandwagon, talked loudly about morality in government, have urged more popular participation in civic affairs. Presumably they have also egged on at least some of the public uprisings. In Oaxaca last week the crowd uncovered when orators spoke the name of Pornrio Diaz, president-dictator (with a four-year break) from 1877 to 1911, and to many Mexicans a symbol of reaction and exploitation...
...Halleck, who was once a Willkieite but has steadily become more conservative. Halleck's designation was a clear snub to the Taft forces in Congress, but it was not the clean-cut Dewey victory which some observers seemed to think. Tom Dewey had merely jumped on the Halleck bandwagon after it was well ahead...
...last week the Eisenhower bandwagon, having been given a pull here and a push there, was beginning to roll. "Ike for President" buttons were sprouting in growing numbers. George Allen, whose first loyalty is to Harry Truman, was anxiously stamping out rumors that he had his shoulder to the wheel, that he was even starting to work on an Eisenhower campaign fund. Then, on the day before New Year's, while General Ike was vacationing in Florida with his wife, Cissie Patterson's Washington Times Herald-which likes a sensation-gave the wagon a hefty shove...
...Which Bandwagon? In the thunderous days of President Lázaro Cárdenas, Lombardo had armed his workers, organized the Workers' Administration to run the railroads, bossed the left-wing majority in Congress. Under moderate President Avila Camacho he was stripped of most of his power, but he hung on by winning Latin American labor leadership. Within Mexico he now badly needs prestige. Both C.T.M. (the Mexican labor movement) and C.T.A.L. have lost strength because they have been so doggedly Stalinist. Possibly Lombardo may now be trying to recoup by walking away from the party line...
Area by area, it appears that the outright landslide predicted by the Republicans has been exaggerated to lend a bandwagon effect. The trend is unmistakable, but it is more than doubtful whether the deluge will carry 26 seats in the House and 9 in the Senate to allow for the first right-of-the-aisle Congress since 1930. Certain facts must be dealt with--the South, except for heresy in Kentucky, will still be solid. The southwest, claims of insurgent Democrats withal, will string along with tears in its eyes. And the balance in the east will not be fundamentally...