Word: deweyitis
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...Minnesota at 31, Republican Convention keynoter (in 1940) at 33, as well as floor manager for Wendell Willkie. His own cause peaked in 1948 when he scored impressive victories in the Wisconsin and Nebraska presidential primaries, only to be overwhelmed in Oregon by New York's Tom Dewey. Since then, his course has been downhill. Now 61, he wears an unconvincing toupee and a sadly forced smile. His current slogan is STASSEN '68-WHY NOT? A better question...
...polls build band wagons? The evidence thus far suggests that they may do just the reverse-as in 1948, when Harry Truman urged the public to "prove the polls wrong." If polls really sway voters, argues Gallup, Dewey would have won. But polls do present other problems. They give an edge to rich candidates, who can afford more and deeper polls than less affluent candidates. Old-line party chieftains worry that the polls have robbed them of some of their previous powers to dictate nominations-though few people would complain about that...
Understandably, politicians who want to get anywhere in Oklahoma come hat in hand to Gaylord. The present Republican Governor, Dewey Bartlett, candidly admits that he owes his election in large part to Gaylord's support. Though he has not backed a Democratic presidential candidate since 1932, Gaylord insists on his political independence. "There is little difference between Democrats and Republicans these days," he says. "The real difference is in the candidates' character." He didn't support Barry Goldwater in 1964 because he considered the Senator too inconsistent in his views. But he shares much of Barry...
...openly favored a political candidate, he was a powerful influence in New York and sometimes in the nation. He frequently made known his preference for a candidate by the choice of main speaker at his annual Al Smith Memorial Dinner. In 1948 the man on the dais was Thomas Dewey; in 1952 he was Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1960 John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shared the honors, evidence of the cardinal's neutrality. As a subtle behind-the-scenes mover, Spellman was the equal of any of his guests, and-if he had not donned the clerical collar...
...elderly party in a Washington steam bath last week. That comment came from white-thatched Earl Warren, now Supreme Court Chief Justice, who, as Governor of California in 1948, gave up his dreams of running for President and accepted second spot on a ticket headed by New Yorker Tom Dewey...