Word: stevensonism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stevenson made fair headway, considering that the police were outnumbered, 5,000 to 30. Stevenson shook hands gallantly down the runway, through doorways, and even from inside his Cadillac. The car was unable to start as the hands were still clutching Adlai's, so the police began to move the crowd away. One supporter found himself being carried away, feet first. But he smiled back at Stevenson and cried, "Don't you worry, Adlai. It's OK. It's not your fault...
...Stevenson camp is a curious mixture of the exuberant, the hopeful, and the doubtful. But the only outright pessimists seem to be among the newspapermen, for the party workers with him generally appear to think "the Governor" has at least a chance...
...duration of the campaign, apparently, Adlai Stevenson will be running against Dwight Eisenhower and not against Richard Nixon. For while he may still feel that Eisenhower is only a front for his Vice-President, or "heir apparent" as he terms him, now his addresses recognize that he has not convinced the country of this, and that while he continues to score Nixon, he must also attack Eisenhower if he is to retain any hope of victory...
...reason why he can't squeak through" if only he could maintain the audience control he had in Los Angeles. And while he held the crowd just about as well last night and drew a cheering mob yesterday driving through Boston, this is a difficult matter for Stevenson, for his speeches frequently range from the compelling to the dismal...
...although the attempt to influence internal politics is transparent, some elements of the press have succeeded in masking the Soviet intent. They conclude that Bulganin was trying to boost Governor Stevenson's candidacy by making it appear that Eisenhower is the only obstacle to ending tests and harmful radiation...