Republican newspaper magnate Kay Thorndyke ( Angela Lansbury ) intends to make her lover , aircraft tycoon Grant Matthews ( Spencer Tracy ) , president with her as the power behind the throne . Thorndyke plans to use her newspaper chain 's influence to deadlock the 1948 Republican National Convention , so it will choose Matthews as a compromise dark horse candidate instead of Thomas E. Dewey , Robert A. Taft , or former Governor of Minnesota , Harold Stassen
1948 Republican National Convention
1948 Republican National Convention
State of the Union (film)