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Using a flashback technique, telescoping time, and making use of excellent photography and imagination for transition, Welles follows Kane from his childhood, to his rise as head of a newspaper chain, through the campaign for governorship and two marriages, and eventually a lonely death. This biography lacks a clear central meaning as well as a plot. But Welles creates so forceful a character and complements him with natural yet biting dialogue and a strong supporting cast, that the faults can be overlooked...
...presidential campaign, Kubitschek used the same methods that had won him the governorship: go to the voters, hit even the little, out-of-the-way towns that other candidates skip, invite questions, have an answer for everything. He chartered a DC-3, fitted it out as a combination office, bedroom and conference room, covered 100,000 miles in the most strenuous search for votes in the annals of Brazilian politics. His wife Sarah organized women's J-J (Juscelino-Jango) clubs throughout the country, made speeches on TV, kept up her husband's morale with her cheerful, unflagging...
...almost certainly throw out the supporters of Senator Earle Clements and found his own political dynasty. And, with the end of his machine at hand, Boss Clements' own future looks bleak: during the campaign Happy repeatedly swore to end Clements' career in Washington if he won the governorship. But in the flush of victory last week, Happy took it all back. "That was all made in the heat of the campaign," he said. Hardly anyone-least of all Earle Clements-believed...
Moreover, De Sapio has real talking points. Harriman showed last year that he could win an election over tough opposition; he is now operating from the position of the country's most important governorship. Adlai Stevenson's electoral votes in 1952 showed that he could lose in 39 states; since 1952 he has had no sustaining position in public life...
...pursuit is everything. Once they get what they're after, they find that having it is not nearly so much fun as chasing it." Goodie's obvious enchantment with his job as governor belies the statement, but much of the fun he gets out of the governorship is the stimulation it gives to his keen anticipation of 1956. If Ike should step down, Goodie will be off in mad pursuit...