Word: republican
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were a few exceptions, notably in New Jersey, where Republican Governor Alfred Driscoll rode back into office over the crumbling remains of Hague empire. But few Republicans could share Governor Tom Dewey's strange conclusion that the New York election "is a setback and not a gain" for the Fair Deal...
Even the Democrats showed certain spurious concern for the plight of the Grand Old Party. Said National Chairman Bill Boyle: "I earnestly pray that these failures will persuade the Republican Party that it must develop a program of its own if it wishes to preserve not only its own political party but the two-party system." Matters had hardly gotten to that extreme stage yet. A closer danger was that Republican diehards in the Midwest seize on the defeat of Internationalist John Foster Dulles as one more proof that the bipartisan foreign policy was a political albatross...
...basis of the election, one Republican seemed best qualified at the moment to speak. Said New Jersey's Driscoll: "One thing that riles me is this talk that the Republican Party mustn't be a 'me-too' party. It all depends on what you're me-tooing. If it's the Ten Commandments, then 'me too.' If it's the Preamble to the Constitution, then 'me too.' If it's a strong national defense without wasting money, then...
...when Mr. Truman comes out for socialized medicine, then the Republican Party has an issue on which to put up a real battle. And we've got to let the people know that we want decentralization of government and make them see why home rule is vital for this country . . . We found in New Jersey that if we were to have a winning team we had to stand for something...
...wasn't even close. Despite the opposition of most of the city's newspapers and two rival candidates, O'Dwyer piled up 1,264,600 votes-308,000 more than his nearest opponent, Republican Reformer Newbold Morris. Only two Republicans were elected to city offices. Triumphant Irish-born Bill O'Dwyer had his own explanation: "It means that New York City is a New Deal and a Fair Deal town. It means that, while the people of this city are not organized, labor is organized, and the people have confidence in any one in whom organized...