Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first roll call was the climax of the convention. Stassen, however, got little or no political credit for this move, and his stock was at a low point when the convention ended. He offered his services to the Eisenhower campaign and soon proved exceedingly valuable as a political strategist. As the campaign progressed, Eisenhower's opinion of Stassen's judgment and ability rose rapidly...
...POSTMASTER GENERAL: 1) G.O.P. National Chairman Arthur Summerfield; 2) Senator Fred A. Seaton, Hastings (Neb.) newspaper publisher and one of Eisenhower's campaign advisers; 3) Herbert Brownell, New York lawyer who is Dewey's able political strategist...
...Though Freeman writes without grace and often loses his story in a wilderness of battle detail, he does bring out Washington's heroic stature. Simply by piling up grey mountains of fact, Freeman shows that those who snipe at Washington for not being a great thinker or military strategist neglect something more important: that he was a great leader...
Nevertheless, as Eisenhower strategist, Sherman Adams, said: "Cabot is in trouble." In the past, Lodge has been able to slice into the big city Democratic vote, but this time he stands a chance on not drawing on any of the powerful (there are more than 750,000) Irish votes. This is because Kennedy, himself Irish, has campaigned strenuously in solid Irish wards, and in the House has supported such wierd items as the Fogarty Bill which demanded the unification of Ireland. To offset the Irish and the Taftites, Lodge is relying heavily on Italians and independent Democrats, besides Eisenhower supporters...
...Fairchild has a long way to go. He must buck the overwhelmingly Republican Wisconsin press, which has refused him coverage in town after town. He is opposed by the powerful Republican Voluntary Committee, headed by ex-Taft strategist Tom Coleman, which is financing huge in absentia rallys for McCarthy. And toughest of all, Fairchild must crack the myth of Joe McCarthy, America's Number One Commie-Hunter...