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If Eisenhower hadn't sought the Republican nomination in 52 could the moderates have gotten somebody plausably to stop Taft? If Taft got the nomination he'd probably be seen as too conservative and lose to Stevenson. He'd definitly lose some midwestern states due to Taft-Hartley.