Word: lbj
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton will then have his first chance to truly set the agenda for the country as it enters a new century. While the electorate will not allow him to push through liberal programs like LBJ's Great Society, he can establish a moderate, slightly liberal coalition that could help reestablish the Democrats as the majority party...
...offer him nothing, just LBJ's ghost...
...senators and representatives are finicky, self-important and reluctant to make changes that might require the smallest amount of political courage. They need a combination of persistent prodding and frequent flattery or they lose their enthusiasm for action. Lacking the strong Democratic majorities in both houses that LBJ enjoyed, Clinton can't afford to offend many legislators from either party. So his partisan approach to his $16 billion budget stimulus was a stupid political move, and the Republican filibuster that killed it was a predictable slap in the face to a politician who should have known better. Similarly, Clinton should...
...some ways the speech sounded like LBJ's first speech," said Assistant Professor of Government Michael G. Hagen. "Johnson's speech was the last time a president proposed sweeping social programs...it's territory that hasn't been covered for quite a while...
...asking much of Congress and of the country," Moody said. "He has a large ambitious program which reaches out into the future...these are all things that LBJ...