Roosevelt and Taft had been friends for a long time. Roosevelt had a lot of support for Taft, so what? The so-called deep friendship was just what Roosevelt thought so, right?

Is it just because Roosevelt had supported Taft that Taft was allowed to be a puppet according to Roosevelt's plan? The last people to do this were Mark Hanna and William McKinley. It may be because of William McKinley's good-natured character.

The reconciliation with Mark Hanna gave Roosevelt the illusion that he could also make a puppet.

However, Sheffield knew something about this matter. In the end, Taft and Roosevelt parted ways, which led to the split of the Republican Party and gave the Democratic Party a chance to make a comeback. According to Sheffield's previous thinking, there was not enough certainty to jump out of the car, and it was against history.

interfere with established facts.

Therefore, in order for the Democratic Party to be more confident in coming to power, it seems that Sheffield should not pay too much attention to the election and just be his own King of the South. But that was in the past, and now the slave owners already want to try to see if they can successfully jump out of the car.

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If you can win, you should win this time. You can't and don't want to wait for the next time. If you lose, you can use it as an excuse to comfort yourself.

We can't wait for the next time. This time we have to find a way to overthrow the rule of the Republican Party. The president takes turns to do it. It's time to switch to the Democrats.

"It seems that you are sure this time?" Evelin rolled her eyes at Sheffield. She also knew that her man really wanted the Democratic Party to come to power in his dream, and it almost became a heartache. Now it seems that the success rate of this matter is

Quite big?

"No!" Contrary to Evelin's expectation, Sheffield simply chose "No" and continued, "How can such a thing as an election be 100% successful? Otherwise, I would have chosen it myself and done it on the first day.

President, wouldn’t it be better to be Augustus the next day? It can only be said that the last election has a better chance of winning than the last one.”

It could be considered a narrow defeat last time. For Roosevelt to choose a son of a war hero during the war who also had the attributes of a second-generation official, Sheffield naturally knew what he was thinking. If this time the Republican Party takes the initiative to mention the Civil War to stir up hatred, it will be proved.

The slave owner's guess was correct.

Mentioning the civil war consolidates the basic base, counteracts the Democratic Party's flag of white supremacy, and uses regional conflicts to offset racial conflicts. Because during the economic downturn, the life of the citizen class is not as good as before. Talking about harmony, prosperity, etc., there is a kind of standing up and talking without pain.

Meaning, it is unattractive to voters.

Manipulating regional conflicts can consolidate the basic base. You must know that the number of Yankees far exceeds the Dixie people, and half of the country's population is in the north, or even more. By consolidating the basic base, the election will not be very stressful for the Republican Party.

Already.

Of course, this is also a dark speculation of the slave owners, and there is no real evidence, but even if it occurs, it is very normal. There is a lot of filth in the election, and it is not a bright thing.

"Ah, there's another election." As this sweet voice came, Natalia's beautiful figure floated in, just in time to hear the conversation between the two. She didn't care about the outcome of the election at all. She won and lost.

She didn't have any influence at all. But her man cared so much, so she pretended to care.

"Yeah, there's another election." How could Sheffield not understand his woman? He fully accepted this pretended concern. At the same time, he responded flattered by the pretended concern. He reached out and pinched the tip of Natalia's nose.

, said viciously, "This is a great opportunity to overthrow the Republican Party. Roosevelt, this great president, should withdraw from the stage of history and find a place to rest. We are a free country and do not need a too strong president."

As for Taft, whom Roosevelt introduced, Sheffield remembered that this candidate was actually a real conservative who was incompatible with the progressives led by Roosevelt. Judges were all so stubborn and not very receptive to new ideas.

efficient,

Although Roosevelt said that Taft was the most suitable person to be president in the country, Taft was conservative, poor in rhetoric, incapable of controlling the Republican Party, and unable to tactfully reconcile the hostile factions in the party; he lacked political skills and was not able to tactfully

He concealed his close relationship with the monopoly capitalists and instead pursued a series of naked extreme and conservative policies; he had no independent thoughts and political lines. Although he completely obeyed the old routine of the former president, he lacked the talents of the old Roosevelt.

Therefore, every major decision made by the Taft administration almost inevitably caused fierce disputes.

To say that Taft had some original methods, it is true that gold-dollar diplomacy was the president's innovation. He developed other countries' resources in the name of aid. This method not only went out of the United States, but also to the whole world.

, causing other countries to follow suit, and it can be said that it has done something far-reaching.

Coincidentally, Alton Parker, whom Sheffield supports, is also a judge who is far more interested in the position of the Supreme Court than in the presidency. If nothing else, this national election will be a showdown between the two judges.

"Go back home and talk to our candidates." Sheffield gave the order and ended his vacation in Puerto Rico.

The candidates on the Democratic side are still old faces. William McKinley, who has supporters in the Midwest, and Alton Parker, who is widely popular in the South, both have outstanding records. They have scored zero points in the last three national elections against the Republican Party.

A better result than three can only make the slave owner cover up his inner pain with a smile.

As for the other side, there is still a lot of noise within the Republican Party. Roosevelt offended all big companies during his two terms. Since the Civil War, the Republican Party has had a harmonious relationship with the big companies in the North, and the two parties have had a long-term cooperative relationship. After two terms,

Republicans who had friendly relations with big business were full of complaints about Roosevelt himself.

As early as the financial crisis at the end of last year, I talked to Rockefeller Jr. and Morgan Jr. in Sheffield, New York, that they could no longer tolerate Roosevelt and the people Roosevelt might support coming to power. With this vaccine, of course major companies would do their best to support it.

His own candidate pushed out Taft, who was supported by Roosevelt.

At the last moment, due to their long-term cooperative relationship with the Republican Party, these large companies still wanted to unite to save the Republican Party. The attacks and accusations within the Republican Party have become more and more intense.

At this time, Sheffield arrived in New Orleans and was ready to discuss the general election with the candidates from the Democratic Party, but first he had to start the primary election within the Democratic Party.

The slave owners thought this was not a big problem. In fact, in terms of their respective bases, just like the number of Yankees in the North, they were overwhelming to the Dixie people in the South. On the Democratic side, the Dixie people in the South were overwhelming

Citizens of the Midwest had an overwhelming advantage, and Alton Parker and William McKinley each represented the Southern and Midwestern supporters of the Democratic Party.

"Mr. Judge, what do you think of Taft?" Sheffield did not let Alton Parker come to New Orleans again. On the contrary, this time he took the initiative to come to the door. The relationship between the funder and the candidate was a cooperative relationship, and

It's not a subordinate relationship, the courtesy exchange is very legitimate.

"He is a very good judge, and his talents in the past were mainly focused on the legal system. The reason why he was willing to be the governor general of the Philippines was because President McKinley agreed to nominate him as the supreme judge." Alton Parker laughed.

Laughing, talking about his own impression of Taft, "Unlike Roosevelt, he was a judge who respected the rules of all parties and always reminded himself that he had to find legitimate reasons to do things."

Sheffield nodded clearly. The establishment was another name for those with vested interests. The establishment in later generations refers to the more traditional and moderate conservatives in the Republican Party. They have long held a larger position in the Republican Party.

power. Due to political considerations, he is willing to make more compromises and concessions to maintain his position. He is considered to have lost too much of the conservative political philosophy.

History is really replaying the stories that have happened in the past. In this era, the Democratic Party represents conservativeness and the Republican Party represents progressiveness. A hundred years later, the ideas have been interchanged, and there seems to be no change.

"If he is willing to lose to us, we can give him the same nomination as the Supreme Judge." Sheffield laughed dumbly, and happened to be seen by Alton Parker's wife squatting for a cup of coffee. The two sides smiled in a friendly way, "It seems that this time

It should be a duel between two judges. Although there are fierce objections within the Republican Party, after Roosevelt's two terms, it is not something that the spokespersons of big companies can stop. You have to make preparations in advance."

Sheffield analyzed the current balance of power within the Republican Party for Alton Parker. Without Roosevelt, the progressives may not be sure to win, but with the current president, the balance of power is more imbalanced.

Alton Parker nodded, indicating that he thought so too, and joked, "The time of your event this time is much earlier than the last election."

"Well, yes!" Sheffield leaned back in his chair, crossed his hands and held the back of his head, and said solemnly, "I want to overthrow the Republican Party, and I can't continue like this. I am the same as the Democrats.

I need a hearty victory to change the suppressed situation after the Civil War. I want a hearty victory, whether it is the popular vote or the electoral vote. I want to win, and I will win so hard that everyone will be speechless.

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"This time we are going to make a comeback. I want to restore the strong position of the Democratic Party. I don't care how I win, but I want to win."
Chapter completed!