Word: sapio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question once more, Mr. De Sapio? Are you for Governor Harriman in 1956 for the Democratic nomination...
...Well, that's very nice, Mr. De Sapio. The question was, are you for Governor Harriman for the Democratic nomination...
Arriving in Washington for a radio-TV appearance, Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio avoided the tumult and the shouting, kept mostly to himself until time to go to the studio. Then, reluctantly, and only under the nagging of Meet the Press Panelist Lawrence Spivak, De Sapio made news that set Democratic party lines to buzzing across the nation...
...Sapio, it's been widely rumored in informed circles that Governor Harriman is your candidate for the Democratic nomination in 1956, and that you are going to do all in your power to get that nomination for him. Is that true...
Whistle, Whistle. If this was not exactly sailing Harriman's hat into the ring, it was at least nudging it considerably past the taw line. Carmine De Sapio will lead-and control-the New York delegation to the 1956 national convention, and he is not a man to waste his time on token political gestures. New York's political sons (by reason of the state's 90-odd delegate votes and financial resources) have a habit of becoming serious contenders in presidential nominating politics...