Word: gop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...decline of conservative power does not date from November 2, 1948. Republican moderates defeated the right wing in the GOP summer convention, most notably when Charles Halleck was rejected as the Vice-Presidential nominee. And although the Senate was in grave danger-according to pre-Tuesday views--Governor Dewey refused to support reactionary Senator Chapman Revercomb in the West Virginia race...
Waving banners and yelling "What do we eat?--Elephant meat!" a mob of 100 Truman supporters swarmed into the GOP Memorial Hall victory party at 12:10 a. m. this morning and cheered reports of Democratic victories...
HYRC mobilizes in front of John Harvard's statue tonight at 7:30 p.m. for a half-hour of short speeches, noisemakers, banners, and music. A "GOP beauty queen" from a local college will also be on hand...
Beer based his support of the President mainly on the thesis that the Democratic Party is better suited to aid the poor, the uneducated, and the economically depressed. He also attacked GOP views on tariffs, foreign policy, and taxes...
Normally, the Democratic candidate in Tennessee would be a shoo-in. But this year, the defeat of boss Ed Crump's machine has split the party into bitter halves, and the Republicans have coincidentally emerged with one of the most dubiously-colorful attractions to grace GOP politics in the South since Reconstruction days. This character is Roy ("Ah don't know nothin' about polities"). Acuff, the Bing Crosby of commercial hillbillyism, whose nasal crooning and asserted stunts have drawn huge crowds all over the state. Acuff is running for governor on the GOP ticket, but his immense popularity may drag...