Tom Dewey's job, in the week before the convention, was to make sure the delegates already pledged to him stuck tight to the bargainand then to beat the bushes for more delegates.
Setting forth on this errand, he headed south with a whoosh, traveling like an over-the-road trucker trying to roll his rig home before morning. The pace wilted his helpers, but after three punishing days Dewey was still full of pep and rich with delegates.
En route to Baltimore, he was asked about his Oregon debate with Harold Stassen. Said Dewey: "You know, one man told me that debate was just like...
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