Biggest mistake the democratic party has made this century [View All]

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nominating Adlai Stevenson twice to go up against Ike. I like the guy, but he contributed to the image of us as elitist egg-heads in ivory towers. Senator Kefauver should have been the nominee both times. He was the Wellstone of his day, but had even more political capital as he won his Senate races in segregationist Tennessee as a known supporter of civil rights. Definitely would have siphoned off enough northern states from Ike.