Hubert Humphrey

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The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

In the first year of his first elected term, Lyndon Johnson made the presidency look easy. Landmark bills on education, health care and civil rights were flying through Congress. But he stayed out of New York politics.

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Applying Historical Lessons to Health Care Reform

Bill Cunningham | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Neustadt, Bob Dole, Pat Moynihan, Robert Caro, President Obama, 1964 Civil Rights Bill, James Carville, Analogies, Tom Johnson, Clinton Health Reform, Hubert Humphrey, Politics News

In the health care fight, perhaps Rahm Emmanuel and Company might have benefited from looking at President Lyndon Baines Johnson's approach to the various Civil Rights bills that passed on his watch.

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Why Can't Obama Be More Like LBJ?

Stanton Peele | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Stanton Peele, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Coke Stevenson, Dwight Eisnhower, Vietnam War, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Cronkite, Robert Caro, Politics News

We are unlikely to ever again see the likes of LBJ -- or of the huge changes he crafted in our society -- and we are just now starting to understand what we have lost.

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News: Anarchist to Vote!

Dale Pendell | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hope, Richard Nixon, Anarchist, 1968 Election, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Rfk, Hubert Humphrey, Politics News

I had been dreaming politics -- action committees, meetings, proposals. I too have succumbed to the Great Hope.

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How McGovern Picked his VP after Ted Kennedy and Many Senators said No Thanks

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Tom Eagleton, Ed Muskie, Walter Mondal Turned Him Down. Abe Ribicoff Would Have Said Yes but Couldn't Skip His Honeymoon, Electroshock Therapy, Walter Cronkite Would Have Said Yes, George McGovern Picked His Running Mate in a Few Hours, Ted Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Politics News

It's been a bit less than two years since I interviewed George McGovern for my book, Clinton in Exile, on Bill Clinton's post presidency. McGovern a...

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Hunter Thompson Would Have Been for Obama

Darrell Hartman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Gonzo Journalism, Barack Obama, Hunter Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Hubert Humphrey, George Mcgovern, Movies, Entertainment News

Documentarian Alex Gibney, who, after making a film about Thompson for the last two and a half years, says he feels pretty confident declaring Obama would have been Thompson's man.

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How Tim Russert Got His Start

Martin Nolan | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Josh Brolin, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Hugh Carey, NBC News, Tim Russert, Mario Cuomo, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Woodrow Wilson, Chris Matthews, Patrick Buchanan, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, Dick Cheney, Buffalo, Maureen Orth, Boston College, The West Wing, Lawrence O'Donnell, George Stephanopoulos, William S. WhiteWilliam Safire, Adali Stevens Joseph Kraft, David Brinley, Walter Lippmann, Jimmy Carter, Al Smith, Lyndon Johnson, Larry Grossman, Clayton Fritchey, David Burke, Media News

For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."

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