On Jan 8, 2008, at 7:29 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
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> Doug Henwood wrote:
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>> Sorry, I was wrong on this. But Truman was a candidate in 1952.
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> Doug -- I voted in 1952 -- and I voted for Stevenson. My memory for
> names is decaying but not that far yet. Truman did more or less
> handpick
> Stevenson, and got his way (if I remember correctly) by letting it be
> known that it was either him again or Stevenson.
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In 1952, Truman (who had originally wanted Eisenhower to run for the Dems) was a candidate until the New Hampshire primary. Having been beaten there by Estes Kefauver, Truman announced that he would not run. The Convention still was that of a political party, and the few primaries counted for little. There were at least two ballots, I recall, among Stevenson, Kefauver, Harriman, and (the Solid Southerner) Russel.
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to be called Zeus."
Herakleitos of Ephesos