Commentary: Dwight Eisenhower created a unifying brand of politics that the GOP needs today
During his first term as president, Dwight Eisenhower turned to his press secretary, Jim Hagerty, and said, “If the right wing wants a fight, they’re going to get it. If they want to leave the Republican Party and form a third party, that’s their business, but before I end up, either this Republican Party will reflect progressivism, or I won’t be there with them anymore.”
Eisenhower wrote in his diary that he might even have to form a third party himself, and he would dedicate it to
