Word: johnsons
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Politics is a game of chance, and Lyndon Johnson, a consummate politician, knows that his chances of becoming the Democratic presidential candidate next year are all but nil. Last week, though, he was out of Texas for the first time this season on a fast, six-day political tour, looking very much like a candidate who is running hard and expects...
...Johnson's first stop was Morganfield, Ky., for a luncheon huddle with Governor Bert Combs and ex-U.S. Senator Earle Clements. A probable conversational topic: Clements' appointment as Kentucky's commissioner of highways-a strategic spot where Kingmaker Clements can control the Kentucky delegation to next July's Democratic Convention. With the happy assurance that Kentucky's 31 delegate votes are as good as in his pocket, Johnson flew on to the Midwest in his rented red-and-white Beechcraft...
...third place votes, Stevenson far outdistanced Senator John F. Kennedy '40. The leading candidates, and the percentage of the total adjusted voting strength behind them, are: Adial E. Stevenson 42 per cent John F. Kennedy 23 per cent Hubert Humphrey 13 per cent Stuart Symington 6 per cent Lyndon Johnson 6 per cent...
...past two months Senator Lyndon Johnson has galloped relentlessly and restlessly around his native Texas, officially campaigning only to retain his aisle seat in the Senate. But "Johnson for President" clubs have sprouted in his tracks like mushrooms in a meadow. This week Johnson, already proclaimed a candidate by Fellow Texan Sam Rayburn, let his true love show, saddled up for a fast political shivaree in four nearby states. Quipped a Dallas wag: "He's just campaigning for re-election in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Arizona...
...Johnson, the majority leader of the Senate, voted for recommittal last July, but was silent during debate; he is regarded as the key man on this issue in the Senate. Elder and others feel that Johnson, with pressure on one side from the President and on the other side from the Democratic Advisory Council, may be ready to support repeal. If Johnson tries for the Democratic Presidential nomination, a definite stand against the NDEA affidavit might help him to win Northern liberal voters...