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« on: December 19, 2010, 06:04:27 PM » |
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Han, get real.
By 1952, Truman was so far under that a whole division of front end loaders would not have been able to dig him out.
His dismissal of General MacArthur
The corruption scandal at the IRS and Truman's slow response
His attempted seizure of the steel industry which was overturned by the Supreme Court
Loan scandal at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
A tax fixing scandal tied into long standing associations between Truman and machine politics
The sluggish progress of the Korean War
By 1952, Truman was a walking train wreck. Forget about it. No way he wins.
Taft was a prominent and respected national figure in 1952. He would have mopped the floor with Truman.
As pointed out by Dallasfan, Truman's approvals were 20% (22%).
Why do you think Truman decided not to run in 1952? Because he knew it was a lost cause. That's why.
The Dallasfan map is about accurate, and as he said, the best case for Truman. Meaning it could have been worse. Yes indeed.
Though Taft would have had a short lived Presidency. He died in July, 1953. So in this scenario a General still becomes President in 1953, not Eisenhower, but MacArthur.
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