ɪɴᴅᴏᴍɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏʜɴsᴏɴ ᴘʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴄʏ

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LBJ - valuable leadership experience

talent at political deal making

one of most popular president

commitment of US troops in Vietnam tarnish record
among liberal Democratic costituency

unpopular with liberals: foreign policy

unpopular with conservatives: domestic policy

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            Texas Roots

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Lyndon Baines Johnson - born 1908 on rural farm

1927 - Southwest Texas State Teachers College enrollment

age 20 - taught Mexican American children in segregated 

school, 90 mi south of San Antonio

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         Mastering Ropes
                 of DC

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worked on political campaigns in 1930

legislative aide in DC

serve as Texas Director of National Youth Administration,

New Deal admin branch

ran as Dem for House of Reps in 1937

WWII - sitting member of Congress, fact finding mission in

South Pacific as Lieutenant Commander of Naval Reserves

1948 ran for US Senate

Landslide Johnson

Senate majority whip in 2 years

1953 first freshman Senate minority leader

1954 - midterms, Senate majority leader

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         Dreams of a new
              New Deal

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biographer Robert Dallak

believe liberal econ reforms and racial justice policies most

impact in South

transformations in South can replicate in developing world

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       Johnson Treatment

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power conscious

alliances with Dems and Reps

knew what each senator wanted

personal style of pressuring senators become legendary

intimidate physically and emotionally