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"Yes, we honestly desire and with confidence expect harmony, and the full co-operation of all real Democrats, particularly during this most disastrous period in our state's history [apparent reference to the [[Great Depression]]]. But we demand the kind of political sportsmanship and co-operation and that character of party and governmental harmony which will bring to the people of the state the real relief and the genuine respect to which they are so justly entitled."
"Yes, we honestly desire and with confidence expect harmony, and the full co-operation of all real Democrats, particularly during this most disastrous period in our state's history [apparent reference to the [[Great Depression]]]. But we demand the kind of political sportsmanship and co-operation and that character of party and governmental harmony which will bring to the people of the state the real relief and the genuine respect to which they are so justly entitled."
In 1944, Bobbitt was a successful elector candidate for [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], with running-mate [[Harry S. Truman]], who defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] ticket of Governor s[[Thomas E. Dewey]] of [[New York]] and [[John Bricker]] of [[Ohio]]. Like Governor Allred, Bobbitt was a leading FDR supporter in Texas. In 1958, Governor Marion Price Daniel, Sr. (1910-1988), named Bobbitt to the regents of the University of North Texas, Bobbitt's ''alma mater.''<ref name=thc/>
In 1944, Bobbitt was a successful elector candidate for [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], with running-mate [[Harry S. Truman]], who defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] ticket of Governors [[Thomas E. Dewey]] of [[New York]] and [[John Bricker]] of [[Ohio]]. Like Governor Allred, Bobbitt was a leading FDR supporter in Texas. In 1958, Governor Marion Price Daniel, Sr. (1910-1988), named Bobbitt to the regents of the University of North Texas, Bobbitt's ''alma mater.''<ref name=thc/>
Bobbitt was personally friendly with [[Speaker]] [[Sam Rayburn]], Presidents Truman and Lyndon Johnson as well as the Republican chief executives, [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]].<ref name=military/>
Bobbitt was personally friendly with [[Speaker]] [[Sam Rayburn]], Presidents Truman and Lyndon Johnson as well as the Republican chief executives, [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Richard M. Nixon]].<ref name=military/>