![]() ![]() 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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