To: Michael.SF.
There does not seem to be evidence that FDR knew he was terminally ill leading up to the election of 1940 and FDR with Wallace on the ticket clobbered the Republican Willkie.
For the 1944 election, with the GOP being so weak, FDR had to have known that whomever was on the Democratic ticket would win the election.
So, the real choices were an ailing FDR or a Socialist Wallace and at least with an ailing FDR, we got Truman.
But of course that does not explain why Truman was not in the inner-circle of the FDR administration, but neither was Wallace.
31 posted on
01/03/2010 10:49:03 AM PST by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: trumandogz; Michael.SF.
But of course that does not explain why Truman was not in the inner-circle of the FDR administration, but neither was Wallace. Historically, VPs were never really in the inner circle. Under Carter, Mondale was either the first or one of the first VPs to be included in cabinet meetings. I don't think the GHWB was ever really in Reagan's inner circle and Zero only includes Biden in fast food runs.
34 posted on
01/03/2010 10:52:56 AM PST by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: trumandogz
There does not seem to be evidence that FDR knew he was terminally ill leading up to the election of 1940 The article contends excatly the opposite.
67 posted on
01/03/2010 1:26:27 PM PST by
Michael.SF.
(At least Hitler got the Olympics for Germany)
To: trumandogz
But of course that does not explain why Truman was not in the inner-circle of the FDR administration, but neither was Wallace. No veeps were, back in the day. By all accounts, the role of the modern VP was initiated by (of all people), Carter with Mondale.
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