A struggling president with a strong policy record, deep legislative experience, and fresh memories of being underestimated by the younger man he served as VP, LBJ faced, with his fiercely loyal first lady, the question of whether to drop out of contention ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago.
Two weeks earlier, Robert F. Kennedy, an old and bitter Johnson enemy, had launched a campaign to be the Democratic Party’s nominee in the coming presidential election. Johnson had long dreamed of the great things he could accomplish in a second full term. But some of his closest advisers were now cautioning that he might well lose the presidency if he ran for reelection. As he lay there despondent in his bedroom that March morning, Johnson’s “face was sagging,” Lady Bird later recalled.
It doesn’t take much to imagine history repeating itself on the streets of Chicago this summer, should Biden throw open the nomination fight a mere six weeks before Democrats are set to convene there. Still, the similarities between the two embattled presidents shed light on the right and wrong ways to convince Biden to let go. Johnson’s agonized decision to bow out was rooted in his deeply held identity as a serious statesman-politician. Any effort to get Biden to step aside must be too.
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