Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dynamism and political skill. He concentrated unerringly on state issues, e.g., stop loss of industry from high-tax New York; crack down on organized crime; preserve rent controls, the 15? subway fare; find new-solutions for commuter problems. He appealed to independents, even edged slightly away from Vice President Nixon when Nixon visited New York. He successfully depicted Democrat Harriman as a creature of Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio. But above all, Nelson Rockefeller, now rated a presidential possibility for 1960, won because he was a vital, vigorous new force and new face in politics. Thomas E. Dewey...
...great California Republican defeat, coupled with the complete victory of Nelson Rockefeller in New York, poses the greatest threat vice-president Nixon has faced in his aspiration to the Presidency...
Said Rockefeller afterward: "Mr. Nixon is going to be a tremendous help in New York. He has brought in a fresh point of view." What about the rift? "Bunk." What about 1960? "I have no other plans but to become Governor of New York. I have every expectation to serve a four-year term as Governor, if elected." Dick Nixon, asked about 1960 prospects too, added: "I'm concerned enough about 1958. We have enough...
...left to Democrat Harriman to mutter ominously about a Nixon-Rockefeller "deal or understanding . . . It appears to be New York delegation support for Nixon in 1960." said he, "with Mr. Rockefeller playing some part in the Nixon campaign, to tend to give Nixon respectability...
...widest swings for an intimate, friendly audience of 2,300 in Wilmington, Del. "Eisenhower went to Korea and surrendered to the Communists," he said. The Administration has lost most U.S. friends abroad "by doublecrossing them at every turn in the road." He also paid his tribute to Vice President Nixon for campaigning with "verbal garbage...