Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Muskie's popularity was only part of the story. The figures told the rest: the voting strength of both parties was up, but the Democrats were up more. Republican Trafton, for example, polled 10,486 votes more than 1954's G.O.P. candidate; Muskie pulled in 44,024 more votes than he had gotten in 1954. In the First District, Republican Congressman Hale got 10,700 votes more than in 1954; Democrat Oliver got an additional 14,418. In the newly Democratic Second District, the Republican earned an extra 2,531 votes over 1954, the Democrat an extra...
...Worst. Two days later in Harrisburg he made his first campaign "saturation" speech (on all major TV networks-cost: more than $200,000).* The slick program opener: a film clip of the famed Joe Smith incident at the Republican Convention (TIME. Sept. 3), followed by the filmed excerpt of Stevenson's postnomination speech calling for an open race for the vice-presidential nomination. Later, straining to put himself across in person, Adlai threw a wild punch when he declared that "the President is not master in his own house," implied that the country was being run by Richard Nixon...
...telephone rang in Vice President Richard Nixon's Washington office. Over the wire came the voice of Dwight Eisenhower, who wanted to talk about the speech Nixon would make that afternoon at Ike's Gettysburg farm. There 650 Republican leaders from every state would gather for the formal launching of the 1956 campaign. "Lay it on the line, Dick," said the President. "Let's get a little tough with those people...
Nixon promptly threw away his prepared speech notes and set to work anew, aware that the telephone call had signaled a turning point in the campaign: Ike is through turning the Republican other cheek to Democratic attacks. As Nixon knew, the brunt of carrying the counterattack would fall upon him and G.O.P. National Chairman Leonard Hall, for Ike had no intention of lending the presidency to campaign potshotting...
Well before most of the Republican workers arrived in Gettysburg, Host Eisenhower was buzzing around the farm in his Crosley with the fringe on top, surveying the big tent that had been set up in his east pasture. Spotting two big white trailers south of the tent, he asked: "What are those buses?" Whispered Appointments Secretary Bernard Shanley: "Those are comfort stations, not buses, Mr. President." Ike whipped his glasses out of his breast pocket for a look, gasped: "Oh, for goodness' sake." At 4:30 p.m. he took his seat on the platform and the program began. First...