Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hardfisted, harsh-tongued, Harry Truman school (in 1951, then-Governor Scott announced that his three top choices for President were "Harry S. Truman, Harry Truman and Truman"). As such, he never much cottoned to the low-key, upper-level sort of Democratic leadership typified by Adlai Stevenson. And when Republican Dwight Eisenhower this year came within 15,487 votes of carrying Democratic North Carolina, Kerr Scott thought he knew...
Because the group of twenty is organized outside of Congress, much of the danger of Senatorial machinations may be avoided. Whereas Senators Douglas, Humphrey, McNamara, Morse, Murray, and Neuberger line-plunge might be stymied effectively within Congress, there is not much that Southern Senators and/or Republican ones can do to the reputations of Eleanor Roosevelt, H.S. Truman, and Adlai Stevenson. Most of the Twenty have passed through the fire of public scrutiny and stand either purified or hardened. As a result, they give the liberal platform a much solider foundation than the six enterprising young bucks could ever hope...
...only possibility of awakening Democrates from the opiate of the Eisenhower personality. The group offers Stevenson for the intellectual, Mme. Roosevelt for the downtrodden, Truman for the writers of vitriolic letters to newspapers, Estes for the plain folks, and Kennedy for the women. The combination of Democratic principle with Republican-style advertisable personalities is simply incredible...
Jacob Javits has made a poor beginning as Senator from New York by involving himself in a petty political squabble with Governor Averell Harriman. Javits plans to retain his post as State Attorney General until January 9, when the Republican-controlled State Legislature convenes, so that another Republican may be appointed by the legislature to fill his post. Democrat Harriman claims, however, that the meeting of the Senate on January 3 will automatically vacate Javits' state post and permit the Governor to fill the spot with an appointee...
...more important, Virginia's Republican Party, given impetus by the influx of new Alexandria-Arlington voters, has developed into a bona fide political force: Dwight Eisenhower twice carried the state, the first time by 80,000 votes, this year by 122,000; Virginia has two Republican Congressmen who have withstood the test of off-year elections; Democratic incumbents were hard pressed in three other districts this year; Republican State Senator Ted Dalton received more than 44% of the vote for governor in 1953. Expected to run again next year, he may threaten the organization's hold on Richmond...