Word: lyndon
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...execution atmosphere enveloped San Francisco as the Republican Party convened to nominate its presidential candidate. Lyndon Johnson was at the zenith of his popularity. The G.O.P. was preparing to counter him with Barry Goldwater, an all-but-certain loser. The economy was booming, taxes were down, the cities were more or less tranquil, and Viet Nam was a relatively far-off rumble...
...says McCarthy, "states the problem. Act II deals with the complications, and Act III resolves them. I'm an Act II man. That's where I live-involution and complexity." Franklin Roosevelt, he adds, was another Act II man. Lyndon Johnson is all Act III. "What does history say about the Great Society? What will the future think of Lyndon Johnson...
Roundhouse Rhetoric. Humphrey's greatest predicament is that Lyndon Johnson, far from slipping into the shadows and allowing his putative successor to establish his own image and independence, is playing as strong a lead as ever. He even seems bent upon scripting the Chicago convention as a testimonial to the Johnson years. Humphrey last week persuaded former Postmaster General Larry O'Brien, an old adviser to Jack and Bob Kennedy, to become his campaign manager. O'Brien will first try to perk up the Vice President's flagging campaign, then attempt to influence convention arrangements-particularly...
Refusing to Answer. Last week's attack was a good indication of the growing strength of the movement to block the confirmation of Fortas and Homer Thornberry, Lyndon Johnson's nominee for Associate Justice. Though the hear ings ended after nine days, more than a score of Senators made it plain that they plan a filibuster when Congress returns after the conventions. Michigan Republican Robert Griffin, leader of the anti-Fortas bloc, claimed that he already had more than enough votes to keep a filibuster going indefinitely...
...that most voters are confused by the war, unsure about what to do about urban blight, and dismayed by charges of pervasive racism. They want more than a welter of new commitments, more than a mind-boggling array of plans to finance urban redevelopment. Rather, they want precisely what Lyndon Johnson has not given them--a kind of rhetorical coherence, a feeling that if the problems are tough, at last someone has a decent idea of how to start dealing with them. Americans--students and black militants aside--are too smart to demand immediate solutions. They merely want something said...