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Shortly before the 1964 elections, LBJ aide Walter Jenkins was arrested for homosexual activity in a YMCA rest-room. But Goldwater did not exploit the incident. In 1974 Ways and Means chairman Wilbur ...
THIS WEEK IN 1964, FORMER FIRST LADY, LADY BIRD JOHNSON, PLANNED HER WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGN TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH. WITH 47 STOPS IN TOTAL, THE FIRST LADY CONNECTED WITH SOUTHERN VOTERS AHEAD OF THE ...
Establishing an image -- The rise and fall of Henry Cabot Lodge -- The politics of backlash -- The Atlantic City convention -- The politics of frontlash -- Beyond ...