Show a Politics I rJ i And 1948 Political observers are comparing comparing comparing com com- paring the presidential campaign campaign campaign cam cam- strategy of 1948 to that of today Primarily the similarity similarity simi similarity simi simi- larity seems to be in tactics being followed by the party in the power-the Democratic Party IN 19 18 PRESIDENT Truman Tinman and his party chief Howard McGrath based their appeal in part on writing off the Deep South This rid the party parly which had enjoyed the support of the South since the Civil War of the stigma of collaboration with Dixie conservatives Not only did it eliminate this political political political po po- po- po vulnerability but through forceful condemnation of the I conservatives and humiliation of some of their leaders at the I Philadelphia convention won enthusiastic support from many voters in urban and industrial states and cities Vice President Hubert Humphrey Humphrey Humphrey Hum Hum- seems to have realized realised the Democratic ticket has little chance to carry the Deep Sout this year the polls indicate a at m. much GOP NOMINEE Richard Nixon Nixon Nixon Nix Nix- on on the other hand is obviously obviously obviously ob ob- ob- ob of the opinion that the mood i in i 1 the nation is different from that of 1948 His strategy is s clearly based on the belief that excesses have taken place in recent months and years which have produced majority sentiment in favor of a turn to mode or middleground That in a nutshell is th the formulating strategy of the two men and two parties in 8 |