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Dem Leaders in 1965: "Filibuster Threat Is Too Daunting -- So Let's Just Drop This Civil Rights Crap"

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Profiles-in-Cowardice, John McCain, Fear, Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, President Obama, Filibuster-Proof Majority, Filibuster, President Johnson, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Lbj, Democratic Majority, Lyndon B. Johnson, Health Care Reform, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Health Care, Politics News
Martin Lewis

It's March 16, 1965. We have a Democratic President. We have large Democratic majorities in both the House and the Senate. It's long been part of the progressive and liberal platform...

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The Kennedy Assassination: New Details About the Transfer of Power

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Politics, Lbj, Vice President, Warren Commission, Kennedy, Kennedy Dead, Kennedy Assassination, Jackie Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jfk, President, JFK Assassination, Books News
Steven M. Gillon

Exactly when did doctors give up their efforts to save Kennedy's life? And when did Lyndon Johnson learn that JFK was dead?

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Texas, the Eyes of Justice Are Upon You

Bill Moyers | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Lbj, William Justice, Segregation, East Texas, Molly Ivins, William Wayne Justice, Justice Justice, Rick Perry, Politics News
Bill Moyers

While so many Texans have fought and are fighting the good fight in the Judge William Wayne Justice tradition, others believe in the law only when it sides with them.

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Health 'Opt-Out': Brilliant Maneuver or Crippling Compromise?

RJ Eskow | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance Monopolies, Nate Silver, Public Option, Sherrod Brown, Medicare, Lbj, Opt-Out, Lyndon Johnson, Chuck Schumer, Health Reform, Politics News
RJ Eskow

The opt-out is a hard blow to the public option, and potentially a crippling one. When a solution sounds too good to be true -- we can compromise and still get everything we want! -- it probably is.

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Because Bipartisanship Is Dead Until 2011: A Defense of Senate Moderates

John R. Bohrer | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Earl Warren, John Tower, Senate Republicans, 1964, Moderate Democrats, Joe Biden, Dscc, Bipartisan, 2011, Barack Obama, Thomas Kuchel, Economic Stimulus Package, 2010, Moderates, Bob Menendez, Joseph Alsop, 1965, Orrin Hatch, Bipartisanship, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Republicans, Barry Goldwater, Health Care, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

The GOP cannot even claim credit for bringing the bills to the middle of the road -- the Democrats are hogging all of it. And that is a good thing, despite what some may think.

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The Time The President Didn't Intervene

John R. Bohrer | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

Read More: John v. Lindsay, Liberal Party, Robert F. Wagner Jr., David Paterson, New York Politics, Hubert H. Humphrey, Barack Obama, New York, Robert F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Obama Paterson, Lyndon B. Johnson, New York Mayor, 1965, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Newsweek, John Lindsay, Robert Kennedy, New York News
John R. Bohrer

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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To Succeed, Obama Needs to Channel His Inner LBJ

Steven Hill | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lbj, Senate, Barack Obama, Olympia Snow, Harry Reid, Ben Nelson, Lyndon Johnson, Max Baucus, Health Care, Politics News
Steven Hill

When it comes to Obama lining up votes from recalcitrant members of his own party, LBJ's brawling, Southern style of trench politics is the one best suited for the current health care reform challenge.

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President Obama will Pay Lip Service to the Public Option in his Congress Speech, and Scrap it Later

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Approval Ratings, Lbj, Health Care Reform Bill, Senate Finance Committee, Red Dog Democrats, Public Option, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gop, Medicare, Max Baucus, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The mixed signal from Obama and the flat rejection by Baucus is simply the latest in the long line of neon bright warnings that the public option will go when it's crunch time.

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Have We Become Numb to War?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Recessionsh, Vietnam War on TV, Carter, Iraqi War, GHW Bush, Lbj, Lily Tomlin, Nixon, Obama's Cairo Address, Pentagon Spending, GW Bush, Afghanistan War, World News
Joan E. Dowlin

What has happened to the anti-war movement of old? Why have we as a nation allowed two simultaneous wars to be waged in our name?

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Calling Mr. Smith, Not Mr. Rogers

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change We Can Believe In, Rahm Emanuel, Joint Session of Congress, Abraham Lincoln, Health Care Reform, Fdr, Lbj, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, Health Care, Teddy Roosevelt, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Dan Siegel

We are starved for a leader who can express righteous indignation against the corrupt forces who have emptied the public purse while bidding for the powers that be.

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Remembering Ted Kennedy

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Moscow, Bangkok, Lyndon Johnson, CBS News, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Russia, Lbj, Chicago, Cold War, Politics News
Murray Fromson

None of my colleagues covering Ted Kennedy's early emergence on the national horizon in the 1960s bet on him as a promising young star.

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Afghanistan is Obama's Vietnam

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lbj, Military, Democrats. President Obama, Afghanistan, Vietnam War, Bill Clinton, Gop, George Bush, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Afghan Election, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Public distaste for the Afghanistan War can easily make it Obama's Vietnam -- history should serve as a warning for him.

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Baghdad Redux?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lbj, Afghanistan, Escalation, Vietnam War, Vietnam, Jfk, Korea, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Will the role of the U.S. in this millennium, be that of an empire that profits by promoting global instability? Or will the empire strike back?

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With Stimulus Bill Passed, Will "Antiwar" Pressure Now Build?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 03.17.2009 | World

Read More: Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Airstrikes, Iraq Pullout, Lbj, Warwire, Antiwar Movement, Pakistan, Economy, World News
Greg Mitchell

Like the economic crisis, I'm sure Obama would rather not be saddled with the wars that continue from the Bush era, but now it's on him.

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What Does Health Care "Reform" Mean? How Soon Can We Get There? Part 1

Maggie Mahar | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drugmakers, Insurers, Health, Industry, Overtreatment, Medicare for All, Obama, Lbj, Medicare, Healthcare, Politics News
Maggie Mahar

Forces calling for health care reform are gaining momentum. But if by "reform," they simply mean "universal coverage," I have to disagree.

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The Obama Honeymoon

Donald Cohen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Medicare, Lbj, New Deal, Barack Obama, Fdr, Clinton's First 100 Days, The Great Depression, Obama Inauguration, Obama First 100 Days Policy, President Obama Policy, President Obama, Obama Administration, Lyndon B Johnson First 100 Days, Obama Inauguration Day, Fdr New Deal, Fdr First 100 Days, Obama White House, Clinton Gays in Military, First 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, Obama Honeymoon, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Donald Cohen

Barack Obama has the chance to create an impressive and paradigm-shifting package of legislation and new public programs. People voted for change. Now let's do it.

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The War in Afghanistan Is A No-Win Situation

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islamic Militants, Stephen C. Rose, Police Action, Great Game, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lbj, Taliban, Security, No-Win, Huffington Post, Barack Obama, War on Terror, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

The situation in Afghanistan weighs more and more heavily on us. I took it up in a Huffington Post piece a while back titled Could Barack Obama Suffer...

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Could Barack Obama Suffer The Fate of LBJ?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stephen C. Rose, Ronald Reagan, Afghanistan, Testosterone, Lbjvietnam, Vietnam, Lbj, Huffington Post, Peace, Barack Obama, Great Game, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose Oddly, no one has thought to compare the situations of Barack Obama and LBJ, but there are similarities. And, happily, redemptive ...

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LBJ Can Rest Easy Now

Craig Crawford | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights, Lbj, Election Reaction, Lyndon B Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964, Lyndon Johnson, HuffPost Election Reaction, Politics News
Craig Crawford

Barack Obama's election proves that by doing the right thing, Lyndon B. Johnson and his party ultimately got their reward.

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Virtual Obama, Virtual JFK

Norman MacAfee | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Koji Masutani, Vietnam, Berlin, Laos, James Blight, Documentary Film, Obama, Lbj, Jfk, Cuba, Barack Obama, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

I urge you to see a new film, Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived, by Koji Masutani, now at the Film Forum in New York through September 30.

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McCain gets the Gold!

Christopher Ingram | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Yourhfullness, US Election, Alaska, Commercial Fisherman, Rush Limbaugh, Children, Kennedy, Associated Press, Chris Ingram, Obama, Mccain, G.O.P., Democrats, Biden, Marriage, Clinton, Hillary, Laura Ingraham, Beauty Queeen, Palin, Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Lbj, Republicans, Hunter, Irreverent View, Politics News
Christopher Ingram

GOP nominee's pick is the best since Kennedy picked LBJ - but for totally different reasons Slap me silly and call me stupid, but John McCain is on h...

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Forgotten Man

Robert Kuttner | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kuttner Obama's Challenge, Democratic Convention, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, Dnc, Lbj, Democratic National Convention, 2008 Election, Denver, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

Here in Denver, where podium time has been found for a mind-numbing array of obscure speakers, the day will pass without ceremony or acknowledgment of LBJ. Why?

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dewey Defeats Truman, Blue Dog, Truman, 1964, Civil Rights Act, Thomas Dewey, Campaign, Civil War, Hubert Humphrey, Franklin D Roosevelt, South, Military, 2008, 1948 Convention, Do Nothing Congress, Plank, Ralph Nader, Lincoln, Democratic Convention, Dncc, Democratic National Convention, Dixiecrat, Alabama, States Rights, Democrat, Congress, Wwii, 08, Henry Wallace, Platform, Barack Obama, Election, Fdr, Yellow Dog, 08 Election, Elections, Lyndon B Johnson, Hillary, Gallup, Humphrey, Desegregation, Hillary Clinton, Lbj, Chicago Tribune, World War II, Party Unity, Strom Thurmond, 1948, Nader, Speech, Divided, Civil Rights, Harry Truman, Democratic, Democratic Party, Denver, Republican, War of Northern Aggression, Wallace, Clinton, Dadt, Alben Barkley, Lost the South for a Generation, Abraham Lincoln, 2008 Campaign, Johnson, Progressive Party, Naacp, John McCain, Give Em Hell Harry, 1948 Democratic Convention, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Puma, 08 Campaign, Don't Ask Don't Tell, 2008 Presidential Race, Convention, Democratic Convention 2008, Nominee, Gays, Roosevelt, Barkley, Dewey, Thurmond, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Chris Weigant

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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The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Steve Cone | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Ad, Television, Lbj, Negative Attacks, Political Ads, Lyndon Johnson, Daisy, Barry Goldwater, Politics News
Steve Cone

In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.

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The Speech Obama Needs to Give

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Lbj, Hillary Clinton, Jfk, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Harry Truman, Fdr, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

"Hillary Clinton is an exemplary Senator, a furious campaigner, and a great American. She has been a vital part of this moment in history, this moment when we showed the world what the 'land of opportunity' can mean."

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