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To: tellw

Uh, you are totally missing the anti-Wallace movement by major democratic leaders. FDR was not convinced by his advisors. Wallace was defeated due to political maneuvering by major democrats at the convention.


27 posted on 07/13/2014 7:20:42 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator
It was a wartime party unity move by FDR to not make a forced stand of support for Wallace in 1944. Being President, FDR could certainly have shut down the Anti-Wallace movement, and he would have been broadly supported in doing so: 65% of voting Democrats according to the Gallup poll taken at the time of the convention supported keeping Wallace on the ballot.
28 posted on 07/13/2014 10:10:30 AM PDT by tellw
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