Self-destructive tactics, not national tides, explained Moses’ electoral collapse.

Evidence

Swimming up Niagara was one way of looking at Moses’ campaign. In brilliance of strategy and execution, it was perhaps more comparable to the charge of the Light Brigade. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1842

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with ch8’s ‘Power, not logic or brilliance, is what actually builds public works’ — here charisma and restraint, not force of will, were what the situation required. — connects to: Voters punished Moses’ personality rather than his party affiliation. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 1842; Moses’ physical collapses were reliably triggered by threats to his power — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 4209

Broader Connections

• Moses’ physical collapses were reliably triggered by threats to his power #qualifies (0.95) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4209