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...Johnson said, he felt a certain kinship toward Ike; besides, he considered the President a close personal friend. As for exerting his influence in the Senate on behalf of any candidate, Johnson said: "I can't turn the Senate into a nominating convention ... I wouldn't make precinct captains out of the Senators even if I could...
...glorified copy boy," pitched his scorn at the Sun's twelve editorial writers. They became, to their surprise, a major campaign issue as "the nine old men in the ivory tower" and "the cowardly nine residing in the dark corners of Baltimore county"-meaning the suburbs. At precinct meetings and campaign crab feasts, beaming Tommy D'Alesandro poked fun at the Sun. "No newspaper,'' cried he, "will boss...
Defiantly, Kennelly ran for the Democratic nomination on his own. Against him, the organization had 48 of the 50 Democratic ward bosses, 30,000 well-oiled precinct workers, and endorsements from both U.S. Senator Paul Douglas and the nation's top Democrat, Adlai Stevenson, who broke his own rule against taking sides in primaries because of "my personal respect and friendship" for Dick Daley, Director of Revenue in Stevenson's administration...
...notorious foot-dragger. This time, ready and willing to address the committee's mid-term session, he was obviously a man with a message. Moments later, he took the rostrum to deliver a dart-sharp speech calling for a complete overhaul and rejuvenation of the Republican Party, from precinct captain to panjandrum...
Even before he quit school, however, he was in politics. Around the corner from his home was the old Huron Club, a Tammany tepee. Carmine took to hanging around the club, was given some errands to run, moved up to precinct captain and deputy sheriff under Sheriff Daniel E. Finn-whose family had ruled the First Assembly District West for more than 70 years. In 1939, taking advantage of a factional split in the district, De Sapio ran against Finn for district leader. He won-but Tammany Hall refused to recognize him. Insurgent De Sapio and his followers picketed Tammany...