Most of the contenders for the Democratic nomination stuck to their car caravans, airplanes and special trains, talking themselves hoarse and trying to collar delegates (see below). Actually, delegate figures mean little in the Democratic situation, which can best be described in a tired old military term: fluid. There are few "committed" Democratic delegates who would not switch to someone else if Harry Truman or some of the big state bosses gave the nod. In Washington, just about anybody, with the possible exception of the elevator man in the Washington Monument, was...
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