What role did Roosevelt play in the presidential election of 1912?
A) Running against Taft of the Republican party and Woodrow Wilson of the Democratic party, Roosevelt created the Progressive party with a platform that revealed his liberalism.
B) Roosevelt was so desperate after it became clear that he would likely lose the Republican nomination that he rejected many of his earlier ideas such as a minimum "living wage."
C) Roosevelt decided to run as Taft's vice president because he had enough of the limelight but felt pressure to use the office to promote certain business interests.
D) Although he had lost most of his popularity and suffered for it during the party primaries, Roosevelt managed to win the nomination by appealing to party bosses as party leader.
E) Roosevelt proved victorious mostly due to the fact that the Democratic party had split in two due to the controversial platform of the southerner Woodrow Wilson.
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