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===1950s: Taft vs. Eisenhower, decline of the Old Right===
===1950s: Taft vs. Eisenhower, decline of the Old Right===
Sen. Taft sought the presidency in the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]], and faced General [[Dwight Eisenhower]] in the Republican primaries. The former was an adamant conservative and isolationist while the latter was considerably more moderate and favored [[internationalism]].
Sen. Taft sought the presidency in the [[United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]], and faced General [[Dwight Eisenhower]] in the Republican primaries. The former was an adamant conservative and isolationist while the latter was considerably more moderate and favored [[internationalism]].
[[B. Carroll Reece]], an Old Right-oriented conservative Republican congressman from [[Tennessee]]'s 1st district, stated in December 1951 that the southern and border states' GOP delegations for the [[Republican National Committee]] would solidly back Taft for the party nomination.<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 October 16, 2021.</ref>
==Left-wing smears==
==Left-wing smears==