Crespino definitely presents Strom as a mutable figure starting with the early decades of the twentieth century. I did learn that Strom had more "change" than President Obama's campagin. Again, he was a politician and he adopted his issues and principles to what he thought was popular and would get him elected like his calculation to switch from a conservative Democrat to a Conservative Republican.
This is a man who got LASIK eye surgery when he was in his nineties. Clearly, he was willing to adapt with the times in multiple ways.
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