Word: deweyitis
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Reading the national Scoreboard, Stassen was even cockier. When he first arrived in Montpelier last week, he was "reasonably sure" of 200 first-ballot delegates. By the time he left Portland, five days later, he thought he could count on 230 (against Dewey's estimated 350 and Taft's 200 to 250), including 17 of New England's 30 votes. Said Stassen confidently: "I would not change places with any other candidate at the moment." Who did he think was the man to beat? Replied Stassen with a grin: "Mr. Truman...
...also sweeping Radcliffe, those three girls apparently have convinced PAIGE MOONEY '50, as they prepare to shear off her lengthy locks. "It" is the cropped, wind-blown hair style as modeled by ANN CLARK '49, ALICN DEWEY '50, and ELISABETH HORTON '50 (surrounding bar left in right...
With Eisenhower out of the way, the long-talked-about Taft-Dewey deadlock became a real possibility. Thus the chances of the dark horses grew brighter every moment. Last week there was a sudden new interest in Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg, who had tried to take himself out of the race but who had steadily been building up prestige for himself and his party...
...Gallup poll, measuring the effect of Henry Wallace's candidacy on the popular vote this week, found it almost nil. The pollsters reported that, if the election were held now with Henry in the race, Harry Truman would beat Tom Dewey (46% to 41%) and would wallop Bob Taft (51% to 31%). They also reported that Ike Eisenhower, with no help from Henry, would defeat the President, 47% to 40%. (In none of the three trial heats did Wallace get more than 8% of the vote...
There was no longer any doubt that General Ike's candidacy was snowballing. This caused repercussions all around. Just as if he had known in advance of the Gallup trial heats, Governor Dewey decided that it was time to start running. He announced that he is an open candidate and prepared to do some real campaigning...