Out of a blur of planeborne and trainborne candidates, of parades, rallies and TV shows, the 1956 campaign began to take recognizable shape. One month before Election Day what the candidates and their parties said, did and planned increasingly tended to conform to these factors:
ΒΆ There are no burning issues: Truman, McCarthy, time for a change, mink coats, depression, boys in foxholes and Alger Hiss lie muted beneath the surface. The Eisenhower health issue has been knocked out by Ike's robust appearance, and the Nixon issue is undermined by Nixon's own...
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