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He supported the strongly [[conservative]], isolationist [[Robert A. Taft]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]],{{fact}} who he predicted the GOP in Southern and border states would support.<ref>December 17, 1951. [https://www.nytimes.com/1951/12/17/archives/gop-in-south-solid-for-taft-says-reece.html G.O.P. IN SOUTH SOLID FOR TAFT, SAYS REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> Taft ultimately lost in the Republican primaries to the more moderate [[Dwight Eisenhower]], an [[internationalist]].
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He supported the strongly [[conservative]], isolationist [[Robert A. Taft]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]],{{fact}} who he predicted the GOP in Southern and border states would support.<ref>December 17, 1951. [https://www.nytimes.com/1951/12/17/archives/gop-in-south-solid-for-taft-says-reece.html G.O.P. IN SOUTH SOLID FOR TAFT, SAYS REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 13, 2021.</ref> Indeed, southern "black and tan" congressional delegations,<ref>Rothbard, Murray N. (June 21, 2011). [https://mises.org/library/swan-song-old-right Swan Song of the Old Right]. ''Mises Institute''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> particularly the Arkansas group led by [[Osro Cobb]] and the [[Mississippi]] delegation led by [[Perry W. Howard, II]],<ref>Apple, Jr., R.W. (August 31, 2004). [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/us/republicans-convention-new-york-apple-s-almanac-father-southern-strategy-76-here.html THE REPUBLICANS: THE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK -- APPLE'S ALMANAC; Father of the Southern Strategy, at 76, Is Here for His 11th Convention]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> voted for the nomination of Taft.
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Taft ultimately lost in the Republican primaries to the more moderate [[Dwight Eisenhower]], an [[internationalist]].
    
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