re: #246 HappyWarrior

I wouldn’t call Hoover a party hack. He actually had been courted by both parties to run for president as early as 1920 since he was seen as a huge hero in WWI for helping feed the hungry of Europe. And he had supported TR’s independent candidacy in 1912 too. Hoover’s fault if you ask me was that he was in over his head. From what I know of Hoover, he was a good guy but one that was in over his head.

To clarify, hsi election to the presidency was the first time he had been elected to anything. He had been Commerce secretary and that was it pretty much.