Word: trumanism
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Some people might feel that President Clinton has already answered these questions by oscillating back and forth between different ideologies. Though Clinton's position is hardly enviable, there is hope; Harry S. Truman has been there before...
...when the Republicans won a substantial majority in both the House and the Senate, President Truman found himself caught between a rock and a hard place. Many, including the Democrats themselves, wrote him off as an "also-ran" for the upcoming presidential election...
...time when everyone was feeling sorry for his position, Truman's resurgent spirit was preparing for a revolution. Utilizing his wit and his statesmanship, he contrived to make the bellicose Congress pass several major bills. As a matter of fact, Truman embarked on an impressive agenda during this period, producing such landmark policy achievements as the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan...
...KNEW WHAT IT ENTAILS," HARRY Truman said in 1947, "no man in his right mind would ever want to be President." And then Truman began the climb to his upset election victory in 1948, the redeemed, born-again, comeback model Bill Clinton hopes to emulate next year. But why did Truman run? Nelson Rockefeller explained the itch this way: "We're politicians, and like in any profession, we want to reach the top, which in America means only one thing...
Such a scenario seems more realistic than the Truman model that so tantalizes the White House. The Clintonites recall how underestimated Truman was before his 1948 victory-and indeed one report shortly before that vote succinctly captured the conventional wisdom. Truman, it said, was "a woefully weak little man, a nice enough fellow, but wholly inept." Could Clinton ever become "Give 'Em Hell" Bill? Well, says Truman's biographer, David McCullough, "when Harry took a sip of bourbon, you knew he swallowed...