Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Draft Eisenhower mafambiro akanga amuka pamberi pesarudzo dza1948, zvikurukuru muDemocratic Party; muna July 1947, Truman akazvipira kumhanya semumiriri waEisenhower pakiti yeDemocratic kana Douglas MacArthur akakunda muRepublican
kusarudzwa. Eisenhower akaramba zvikumbiro zvose zvokupinda mune zvematongerwe enyika. Akafunga kuita chirevo "chakafanana naSherman", asi haana kuramba kumhanyira hutungamiri zvachose saWilliam T. Sherman nekuti, sezvaakanyorera Walter Bedell Smith, "Handitendi kuti iwe kana ini kana chero mumwe munhu ane kodzero yekutaura, zvine mutsindo, kuti haazoite chero basa iro nyika yake ingamudire kwaari".