Word: conventioneering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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On his first full day in the convention city, Nixon received a silver candlestick and an endorsement from the Young Republicans, saw delegations from Michigan, Wisconsin, New York (where Tom Dewey had given him an unqualified, effective endorsement), Pennsylvania and Missouri (where Delegation Chairman Elroy Bromwich remained a feeble flicker...
"Cussed & Discussed." Nixon used much the same polished, effective script in his approaches to all the state delegations. The Republicans, said he have "something better to offer than smear and vilification. We have the record of the Eisenhower Administration." (Cheers.) The Democratic nominees are "dedicated men-they are probably the...
There, in his family's home, the Vice President watched his renomination on television. Massachusetts' Governor Christian A. Herter, proposed by Stassen as the man to stop Nixon, himself made the nominating speech. Stassen was one of the seconders. An ex-Democrat from Nebraska, one Terry Carpenter, backed...
The Republican platform, like almost everything else about the G.O.P. convention, was straight Eisenhower. Mild in its criticism of the Democrats, it pointed with pride to the achievements of the last 3½ years, and broad-brushed plans for the future. In only one respect did the Platform Committee turn...
A New Senate. In the Washington senatorial campaign and in a dozen-odd of the 34 other current senatorial contests in the U.S. (see box) lie strong Republican hopes for recapturing control of the U.S. Senate in November. Last week in San Francisco, with the presidential and vice-presidential ticket...