Word: tanglefooted
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...political tanglefoot, however, it is Congress itself, its qualities and accomplishments, and not the Administration as a whole which is on the stand, subject to popular scrutiny, favorable or unfavorable as the election returns will show. Congress must hold up its own weight instead of leaning on the President for support; if it can do so without stepping on anybody's toes so much the better. At all events, as Secretary Hughes pointed out, in American state elections the Administration does well not to interfere more personally than to defend its general policies...