 The walk to the podium and Franklin's speech, in which he famously nicknamed Smith the "Happy Warrior," has been regarded by later historians as the key moment in Franklin's political resurgence.After the success of the nomination speech, Howe and Roosevelt planned that the latter would run for Governor of New York in 1932 and President in 1936.However, Governor Smith was named the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928, and persuaded the state convention to draft Roosevelt.