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To: RMF who wrote (300536)	8/18/2006 1:13:49 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578271

"I believe by 1940 it was sort of a general consensus in the country that we would have to fight Hitler eventually." The 1940 Republican convention was seen as the turning point. But much of Europe was under Nazi dominition by then. And Wilkie had only gained his support pretty late in that year. Taft and the rest of the Republican party were dominate until the last moment.

To: RMF who wrote (300536)	8/18/2006 3:16:02 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578271

tejek...I don't think it was the Republican Party in general that wanted to stay out of WWII. Most Republicans in the late 1930s were isolationists and fought FDR's attempts to get into the war with Germany. That changed after Pearl Harbor although some GOPers like Clare Booth Luce were still a problem even as the war was fought. "In 1939-41 there was a sharp debate within the GOP about support for Britain in World War II. Internationalists, such as Henry Stimson and William Allan White wanted to support Britain and isolationists, such as Robert Taft and Arthur Vandenberg, strongly opposed these moves as unwise, if not unconstitutional. The America First movement was a bipartisan coalition of isolationists. In 1940, a total unknown Wendell Willkie at the last minute won over the party and the delegates and was nominated. He campaigned against the inefficiencies of the New Deal and Roosevelt's break with the strong tradition against a third term. After his defeat he became close to Roosevelt. Pearl Harbor ended the isolationist-internationalist debate. The Republicans further cut the Democratic majority in the 1942 midterm elections. With wartime production creating prosperity, the Conservative coalition terminated most New Deal relief programs." en.wikipedia.org