Word: rayburnisms
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ILLINOIS' Adlai Stevenson has tried twice and lost-hugely-twice. His is an old face of defeat-and what is more, neither Truman nor Rayburn has much personal...
...Truman listed Fellow Missourian Stu Symington as his first choice, Johnson as his second. Rayburn was naturally partial to Fellow Texan Johnson, but placed Symington a palatable second...
Truman, once privately critical of Lyndon Johnson, has responded to years of Johnson flattery ("No man will rank higher in history than Harry Truman"). Symingtoru is not one of Rayburn's House graduates, but he has made up for that by sedulously seeking Mr. Sam's political advice...
...Truman vowed not to repeat his 1956 tactical error, when he waited until the nominating convention itself to go all out for New York's Averell Harriman, was too late to get more than two dozen votes (out of 1,372) off the Stevenson bandwagon. For his part, Rayburn was prepared to work in the open long before convention time. But his critical role will come if, as expected, he mounts the podium at Los Angeles in July 1960 to become, for the fourth time running, permanent convention chairman. Master of floor strategy and impervious to shouts of delegates...
...terms of raw, do-it-or-else power, the impact of the Texas-Missouri compact may be close to zero. But in a skintight convention, the Truman-Rayburn party prestige and know-how just might make the difference...