Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pasina chibvumirano chorugare, MacArthur akasarudza kusasiya basa uku panguva imwe chete achinyorera Wood tsamba achiti aizofara zvikuru kugamuchira kudomwa kweRepublican kudai kwaizopiwa kwaari. Pakupera kwa1947 uye kutanga kwa1948, MacArthur akagamuchira vakuru vakuru vakati wandei veRepublican muTokyo. Musi wa 9 Kurume 1948 MacArthur akaburitsa chirevo chepepanhau achizivisa kufarira kwake kuve mumiriri weRepublican kumutungamiriri wenyika, achiti aizokudzwa kana bato reRepublican raizomusarudza, asi aisazosiya basa muuto kuti aite mushandirapamwe wekutungamira. Mashoko aya akanga amanikidzwa naWood, uyo akaudza MacArthur kuti zvakanga zvisingabviri kuita mushandirapamwe womunhu akanga asiri kukwikwidza kuva purezidhendi, uye kuti MacArthur aigona kuzivisa kuti akanga achida kuva purezidhendi kana kuti kuona Wood achirega kumushandira. Vatsigiri vaMacArthur vakaita nhamburiko huru yekukunda Wisconsin Republican primary yakaitwa musi wa6 Kubvumbi 1948. Kuramba kwaMacArthur kuita mushandirapamwe kwakakuvadza zvikuru mikana yake uye kwakakundwa kushamiswa kwavose naHarold Stassen. Kukundwa muWisconsin kwakateverwa nekukundwa muNebraska kwakapedza zvinobudirira mikana yaMacArthur yekukunda kusarudzwa kweRepublican, asi MacArthur akaramba kubvisa zita rake kusvikira
1948 Republican National Convention, apo Gavhuna Thomas Dewey weNew York akasarudzwa.