ecstatic, holding a copy of the chicago tribune. that newspaper, like practically every newspaper in every political hack in the country that year, had written truman off, picked dewey to defeat him. he didn t. truman won. that is dewey with the amazing mustache. he was in his day seen as the inevitable candidate. had been the republican presidential nominee in 1944, when he loss to fdr, was the republican nominee for president again in 1948, when he lost to truman, even though everybody thought he would win. this year, when i look in the eyes of mitt romney, i will admit i have been seeing bob dole but frank rich at new york magazine when he looks in the ice i eyes of mitt romney he sees thomas dewey. frank rich tends to see these things earlier than most of us do. and it s probably true the name dewey would make for a defeatist
chicago tribune. that newspaper, like practically every newspaper in every political hack in the country that year, had written truman off, picked dewey to defeat him. but he didn t. truman won. that is dewey with the amazing mustache. he was in his day seen as the inevitable candidate. had been the republican presidential nominee in 1944, when he lost to fdr, was the republican nominee for president again in 1948, when he lost to truman, even though everybody thought he would win. this year, when i look in the eyes of mitt romney, i will admit i have been seeing bob dole but frank rich at new york magazine when he looks in the eyes of mitt romney he sees thomas dewey. he was once called the little man on the wedding cake. frank rich tends to see these things earlier than most of us do. and it s probably true the name dewey would make for a defeatist
chicago tribune. political hack in the country that year, had written truman off, picked dewey to defeat him. he didn t. truman won. that is dewey with the amazing mustache. he was in his day seen as the inevitable candidate. had been the republican presidential nominee in 1944, when he loss to fdr, was the republican nominee for president again in 1948, when he lost to truman, even though everybody thought he would win. this year, when i look in the eyes of mitt romney, i will admit i have been seeing bob dole but frank rich at new york magazine when he looks in the eyes of mitt romney he sees thomas dewey. frank rich tends to see these things earlier than most of us do. and it s probably true the name dewey would make for a defeatist little dog. joining us is new york