 The Draft Eisenhower movement reemerged in 1951 in both the Republican and Democratic parties, as Eisenhower had not yet announced any political party affiliation and believed that he needed to remain nonpartisan, citing Army regulation 600-10.18.i forbidding partisan political activity by serving officers. The Draft Eisenhower movement reemerged in 1951 in both the Republican and Democratic parties, as Eisenhower had not yet announced any political party affiliation and believed that he needed to remain nonpartisan, citing Army regulation 600-10.18.i forbidding partisan political activity by serving officers. VaDemocrat vakatsvaka mukwikwidzi aigona kuvabatsira kuchengeta White House pashure paTruman, uyo vazhinji vakafunga kuti aisagona kukunda kusarudzwazve. Achitarisira kuti Eisenhower aizomirira Democratic Party, Truman akanyorera Eisenhower muna December 1951, achiti: Ndingada kuti mundizivise zvamunoda kuita. Eisenhower akapindura kuti: Handioni kuti ndine musengwa upi noupi wokutsvaka kugadzwa kwezvamatongerwe enyika. Gavhuna weRepublican weNew York Thomas E. Dewey uye Seneta Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. weMassachusetts panguva iyi vakashanda kuti vamunyengetedze kumhanya. Lodge akatanga kukurudzira Eisenhower kumhanya makore anopfuura maviri pamberi pe1952 Republican National Convention, uye Dewey musi waOctober 15, 1950, akanga azivisa kutsigira kwake mukuru wacho. Irving Berlin akatobatanidza rwiyo runonzi Vanoda Ike muBroadway Musical yake Call Me Madam, iyo yakavhurwa muna October 1950. Vafudzi veRepublican vakagadzira kutaura kwokuti Ndinoda Ike vachireva Ike, zita rokudana raEisenhower muchirimo cha 1951 sechiratidzo chetariro dzavo. Chirevo che Ndinoda Ike chakagadzirwa apo Peter G. Peterson weMarket Facts akaita tsvakurudzo yemushandirapamwe uye akawana kuti vanhu vakawanda vaida kutaura pamusoro pekuti vakavimba sei uye vakanzwa vakasununguka naIke, pane kutsanangura maonero avo panyaya dzose. Nokudaro, Ndinoda Ike yakaenda pazvinhu zvose zvaIke. 