Buuxi weedha soo socota: Mashruuca Eisenhower dhaqdhaqaaqyada ayaa soo ifbaxay ka hor doorashadii 1948, badiyaa Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga; bishii Luulyo 1947, Truman wuxuu soo bandhigay inuu u tartamo Eisenhower madaxweyne ku xigeenka xisbiga Dimuqraadiga haddii Douglas MacArthur uu ku guuleysto doorashada Jamhuuriga
Magacaabista Eisenhower wuxuu diiday dhammaan codsiyada lagu soo galo siyaasada. Wuxuu ka fiirsaday inuu sameeyo bayaan "la mid ah kan Sherman", laakiin ma diidin inuu u tartamo madaxtinimada sida ugu dambeysa ee William T. Sherman maxaa yeelay, sida uu u qoray Walter Bedell Smith, "Ma aaminsani adiga ama aniga ama qof kale inuu xaq u leeyahay inuu sheego, si cad, inuusan fulin doonin waajibaad kasta oo dalkiisu ka dalban karo".