How could Dewey have won in 1948?

[DevotedDemocrat]

What could Dewey have done to win the election in 1948? What paths to victory did he have available that he failed to exploit?

[RogueBeaver]

Less platitudes, more concrete proposals rather than just bending over and letting Truman define him. Point out that if Truman couldn't unite his own party, what with 2 splinter parties and his own nomination being challenged, how could he unite the country? Meet with the Congressional leaders to hammer out a joint agenda rather than letting Truman define him as a Taftite tool.

[Maxwell]

Less platitudes, more concrete proposals rather than just bending over and letting Truman define him. Point out that if Truman couldn't unite his own party, what with 2 splinter parties and his own nomination being challenged, how could he unite the country? Meet with the Congressional leaders to hammer out a joint agenda rather than letting Truman define him as a Taftite tool.

This sounds like 2012 sooooo much.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

By bothering to campaign. 1948 reminds me quite a bit of the tortoise and the hare.