Show maew 7 political 11 brills seen in 1948 democrats GOP unafraid of wallace party threat by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator washington from the way things look to the newsmen whose beat stretches along that historic mile and an eighth from capitol hill to the white house politics in 1948 is going to be a rodeo p plenty lenty of excitement for the audience a lot of hard riding and tough spills for the performers at this writing nob odys downhearted down hearted at the last rodeo I 1 attended there was a very funny funnyman funny tunny man who fell ell 0 off ff horses and rode brahman backwards and made wisecracks wise cracks over the loudspeaker system it was a very up to date rodeo not more than 2000 miles from where the deer and the antelope play there mere were also a number or of very good very earnest contestants who had learned their bucking and breaking a long ways from a drugstore or a hollywood set the funny man s himself was no tenderfoot when it t came to forking a brone bronc but on once e in a while he got in the way of the real performers S since I 1 n c e they riding for glory baukhage alone the purses were fairly beav heavy Y he incurred some displeasure from the regulars if not from the spectators th this I 1 s year the political field will take on a similar appearance the owner of one of the sombreros sombre ros tossed into the arena in december is going to cause considerable concern to the tha rest I 1 refer of course to hard rid ing hank the iowa whirlwind who Is no more afraid to ride bare bareback back than he be Is to ride bear bearback back ile he so bad either wl with th the vo vocal c al lariat when it comes to throwing as well as roping the bull As the contenders size up the situation with the it aid id of a lot of wishful thinking 31 mr r wallace is going to get in way but theirs certainly there is no gloom exuding from the white house sure said the president to us at a recent press radio conference the democrats were going to have a happy new year lear he already was and stretching back tor for a long time the presidential news conferences have almost bubbled once in a w while hile mr truman would jerk a little when the reportorial needle hit a political cal nerve but for or the most part these mee meetings where the questions become sharper and sharper as the ides of november 48 approach have been a feast of wit and a flow of soul and there Is no moaning at the bars where other democrats gather wallace will drive all the liberals to active support of the democrats tell you he will shear away the lunatic fringe of damoc democratic ratio rup support P ort drain the party of th the a last tint of that which might incarnadine its record will garner the middle of the broaders who will feel less danger of contaminating their ballots with a new cealish radicalism it may mean mr taft may be mr Tr opponent and an easier battle can be fought and won against taft say the democrats than against other presidential hopefuls who might be better republican vote getters and so on youve heard the story before from many optimistic ups lips U the democratic tepee ex udes joy the taft wigwam shakes with cheery mirth re reasons nutshell sheal are obvious in a nut nutshell republicans say the issue Is left and right the left Is split and so the rooster crows triumphantly without waiting for november dawn dann likewise each hopeful favorite son finds something to cheer him but the canny observers are placing no bets yet and those who had their money down have had to do very little hedging there is only one thing certain and that is its going to be a grand show |