Maneuvering

There was extensive political maneuvering before the political parties held their conventions in 1912.The dominant story was Roosevelt, and his dissatisfaction with Taft's presidency. The two old friends had a serious falling out, and as 1910 and 1911 unfolded, Roosevelt more and more began to act like a candidate who sought to unseat the incumbent President of his party by capturing the Republican nomination in 1912. By early 1912 there was an open political brawl b

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Maneuvering There was extensive political maneuvering before the political parties held their conventions in 1912.The dominant story was Roosevelt, and his dissatisfaction with Taft's presidency. The two old friends had a serious falling out, and as 1910 and 1911 unfolded, Roosevelt more and more began to act like a candidate who sought to unseat the incumbent President of his party by capturing the Republican nomination in 1912. By early 1912 there was an open political brawl b