Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Gungano reDemocratic National Convention ra1948 rakaitirwa paPhiladelphia Convention Hall muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, kubva pana July 12 kusvika pana July 15. Boka racho rakanga riri duku zvikuru kupfuura Kokorodzano yeRepublican
rakaitwa masvondo mashomanene apfuura. Dzimwe nhume dzakanga dzakatakura zvikwangwani zvaiva nemashoko okuti "Rambai Muri Vanhu VokuAmerica naTruman". Achitarira kokorodzano yokutanga yeDemocratic National Convention yakatepfenyurwa paterevhizheni ari muWhite House, Truman akanzwa Senator Alben W. Barkley wokuKentucky achipa hurukuro inokosha yakakurudzira nhume dzaiva muimba yekokorodzano. Pashure pehurukuro yake, dzimwe nhume dzakapinda mukuratidzira kwokukurumidza ndokufora dzakapoteredza horo dzichiimba "My Old Kentucky Home" dzakatakura zvikwangwani zvakanyorwa kuti "Barkley nokuda kweMutevedzeri woMutungamiriri". Apo Seneta Howard McGrath akabvunza Truman maonero ake pamusoro pehurukuro yacho, Truman akapindura kuti, "Kana Barkley ari iye uyo kokorodzano yaida kuti ave mutevedzeri wapurezidhendi, ipapo Barkley isarudzo yanguwo". Pazera remakore 71, Barkley akanga ari mukuru kuna Truman, uye aibva kuKentucky, hapana chimwe chazvo chakabatsira kupikisa nhau yezera raTruman, kana kuti kuunza kuenzanisa kwenzvimbo kunzvimbo yacho. Asi Barkley akanga achidiwa zvikuru mukati meDemocratic party, uye nyanzvi dzezvematongerwe enyika dzakanyora kuti kuvapo kwake pachigaro kwaizobetsera kusimbisa mubatanidzwa weDemocratic unopesana. Zuva rakatevera racho, Truman akafonera Barkley achimukumbira kuva mukwikwidzi wake, achiti "Dai ndaiziva kuti waida [chinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika], ndingadai ndakabvuma". Barkley akabvuma kuva mubatsiri wake.