For President—Lyndon Johnson?

So many things can happen between now and the summer of 1960 that only a certified political prophet would dare predict the choice of the Democratic National Convention in the next Presidential race (or the choice of the GOP). So far as I know there are no C.P.P.’s extant, but speculation is a compulsive “must” for politicians and political writers.

In recent weeks, the name of Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas has been mentioned with increasing frequency. Since his election as Senate minority leader in 1955, his colleagues have recognized his extraordinary talent for uniting his own deeply divided party, and his unique ability to obtain the support of Republican Senators for Democratic legislative proposals. But he did not become a popular national figure until he accomplished the seemingly impossible task of shepherding a Civil Rights bill successfully through the Senate. The unadorned facts clearly indicate the magnitude of this achievement.

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So many things can happen between now and the summer of 1960 that only a certified political prophet would dare predict the choice of the Democratic National Convention in the next Presidential race (or the choice of the GOP). So far as I know there are no C.P.P.’s extant, but speculation is a compulsive “must” for politicians and political writers.

In recent weeks, the name of Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas has been mentioned with increasing frequency. Since his election as Senate minority leader in 1955, his colleagues have recognized his extraordinary talent for uniting his own deeply divided party, and his unique ability to obtain the support of Republican Senators for Democratic legislative proposals. But he did not become a popular national figure until he accomplished the seemingly impossible task of shepherding a Civil Rights bill successfully through the Senate. The unadorned facts clearly indicate the magnitude of this achievement.