Ken,
As I understand it, LBJ's health was a factor. He didn't want the American public to lose another sitting president so soon after Kennedy. One of my sources says LBJ had an actuarial study done in 1967 to see how long he had to live. In fact, he died in January 1973, so his instinct in that was pretty accurate. Of course, his party wasn't very supportive, either, due to all the flak LBJ was taking on Vietnam. I sometimes wonder what he could have accomplished if he hadn't been saddled with Vietnam -- if he'd been able to really focus on his War on Poverty.
But I guess my overall point was that experience shouldn't always be THE deciding factor in an election.> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:03:18 -0700> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Obama experience> To: [log in to unmask]> > Virginia, et al,> > Carter ran in '76 as an "outside the Beltway" candidate, and relied on his> executive experience in Georgia. Reagan ran as an "outside the Beltway"> candidate in 1980, and relied on his executive experience as Governor of> California. Clinton ran as an "outside the Beltway" candidate in '92, and> relied on his executive experience as governor of Arkansas. Johnson had a> lot of Washington experience, and was vice president under Kennedy, which> helped him a lot in his election in 1964. It would have been interesting to> see what would have happened if LBJ had run in '68.> On Jan 4, 2008 5:40 PM, Virginia Perry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > > Historical note: Nixon won his first term as president at least partly> > because he ran as the more experienced candidate (he'd been vice-president> > before). More experience can be better, but it isn't always a guarantee of> > quality
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