![]() ![]() That was the official strategy Caro says that the real reason was LBJ's pathological fear of failure, which caused indecisiveness in entering the race. ![]() Kennedy, whom LBJ considered too young, too legislatively unaccomplished, too much the rich playboy, and too Catholic to win), and a deadlocked convention would choose LBJ. ![]() He expected the 1960 convention to be deadlocked among several weak candidates (among whom was John F. as Senate Majority Leader, and did not campaign nor enter any primaries. ![]() LBJ "ran" for the presidency in 1960, but staged a "Washington campaign", remaining in D.C.OR click on an issue category below for a subset.Ĭaro's series on Lyndon Johnson culminates in this book, the 4th in the series, focusing on the period leading up to the 1960 election through LBJ's re-election in 1964. (click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from )Ĭlick on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotationsįrom Passage of Power, by Robert Caro (number of quotes indicated): Books by and about 2020 presidential candidatesīy Jeff Wilser (2019 biography of Joe Biden)īooks by and about the 2016 presidential election ![]()
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