Ultimately, that wing came to be dominated by two-time Presidential nominee, Thomas Dewey, governor of New York.

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Mitt Romney, instead of being the most electable, is firmly in the tradition of Thomas Dewey, Jerry Ford, Bob Dole, and John McCain.

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That has happened four times in the last 60 years including in 1948 (Thomas Dewey), 1968 (Richard Nixon), 1976 (Jimmy Carter) and 1980 (Jimmy Carter).

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But, in one of the quirks of politics, the Republicans chose the older Thomas Dewey who fought a lacklustre campaign and, against all predictions, lost to Truman.

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The party of Thomas Dewey or Richard Nixon, men who basically spoke for the social establishments of their day, has now become something more populist and more rooted in working-class anger.

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Sure, she knew about democracy, having come of age in the newly independent Philippines and worked as a volunteer in Thomas Dewey's 1948 presidential campaign during her college days in New York.

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Dewey Ballantine, founded in 1909, was for years run by former New York governor and presidential candidate Thomas E.

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