This is my first and very ambitious timeline, so please be gentle guys, and I am very open to suggestions.
Give Em Hell Harry: Truman on Lightning Campaign to Reverse Poll Numbers
Harry Truman stepped down from the roaring Missouri crowd. Despite national numbers, the people of the Show Me State still loved their favored son, and the longer he attacked Dewey, the more he looked like he had a chance. He knew he had at best a long shot to win, but he remained grimly optimistic.
He had one last plan. He would attack the Republicans in Congress one last time, pointing to Taft and the Conservative's obstruction and lack of plan for the nation.
As he stepped into the bus, he smiled. Turnip Day would be the perfect day to put this into motion.
Dewey's Empty Promises- Chinks in the GOP armor?
Truman- Republicans have no Plan for America
"Do you think we should worry about this?"
"He's still down 10 points, the last thing we need is for you to say something controversial"
"I still don't like this. I need to spread a real message for the Party's sake if nothing else"
"They're split 3 ways, between the racists and the reds rebelling we have this election in the bag"
"I don't like looking weak in front of the American People, I'm not about to make a fool of myself after leading this long, the man had the gall to compare me to Taft."
"Don't worry about it Tom, we have this under control, it's just the ramblings of a doomed man."
Despite the reassurances of his advisors, Thomas Dewey had a feeling that something needed to be put out there, he had run without much substance in his speeches and it was beginning to be noticed by the pundits.
The next day, he held a press conference.
Dewey Strong on Civil Rights, Reforms in New Deal, Reaches out to Rural Population
As he returned to his hotel room, he wondered if he had made the right decision. Taft and the conservatives would be out for blood at yet again expanding the New Deal, and any chance he had in the Upper South completely evaporated after his endorsement of faster integration. However, appealing to the struggling farmers across the Midwest and Coal Miners in Appalachia with a new Rural Poverty Relief Administration should give him the edge he needed to regain momentum. Also, he had cut the legs out from under Truman's attacks that he had no platform, and campaigning across the Midwest should put any doubts in the polls to rest.
Dewey Surges in Polls, Draws crowds across the Midwest
Dixiecrats Gain Momentum as States Rights support surges
Strom Thurmond was very pleased with himself. The idiot Dewey had got the southern Party very angry after calling for more integration and radical civil rights reforms, enough to get him on the Democratic Ticket in Georgia and Arkansas as well as Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. Those fools around Truman will realize they need us more than the South has ever needed them, and get the reds like Wallace out of the party
October 15: Dewey Leads by 10 points
Give Em Hell Harry: Truman on Lightning Campaign to Reverse Poll Numbers
Harry Truman stepped down from the roaring Missouri crowd. Despite national numbers, the people of the Show Me State still loved their favored son, and the longer he attacked Dewey, the more he looked like he had a chance. He knew he had at best a long shot to win, but he remained grimly optimistic.
He had one last plan. He would attack the Republicans in Congress one last time, pointing to Taft and the Conservative's obstruction and lack of plan for the nation.
As he stepped into the bus, he smiled. Turnip Day would be the perfect day to put this into motion.
Dewey's Empty Promises- Chinks in the GOP armor?
Truman- Republicans have no Plan for America
"Do you think we should worry about this?"
"He's still down 10 points, the last thing we need is for you to say something controversial"
"I still don't like this. I need to spread a real message for the Party's sake if nothing else"
"They're split 3 ways, between the racists and the reds rebelling we have this election in the bag"
"I don't like looking weak in front of the American People, I'm not about to make a fool of myself after leading this long, the man had the gall to compare me to Taft."
"Don't worry about it Tom, we have this under control, it's just the ramblings of a doomed man."
Despite the reassurances of his advisors, Thomas Dewey had a feeling that something needed to be put out there, he had run without much substance in his speeches and it was beginning to be noticed by the pundits.
The next day, he held a press conference.
Dewey Strong on Civil Rights, Reforms in New Deal, Reaches out to Rural Population
As he returned to his hotel room, he wondered if he had made the right decision. Taft and the conservatives would be out for blood at yet again expanding the New Deal, and any chance he had in the Upper South completely evaporated after his endorsement of faster integration. However, appealing to the struggling farmers across the Midwest and Coal Miners in Appalachia with a new Rural Poverty Relief Administration should give him the edge he needed to regain momentum. Also, he had cut the legs out from under Truman's attacks that he had no platform, and campaigning across the Midwest should put any doubts in the polls to rest.
Dewey Surges in Polls, Draws crowds across the Midwest
Dixiecrats Gain Momentum as States Rights support surges
Strom Thurmond was very pleased with himself. The idiot Dewey had got the southern Party very angry after calling for more integration and radical civil rights reforms, enough to get him on the Democratic Ticket in Georgia and Arkansas as well as Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina. Those fools around Truman will realize they need us more than the South has ever needed them, and get the reds like Wallace out of the party
October 15: Dewey Leads by 10 points
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