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9. LBJ's decision to step aside was precipitated by more than just "Democrats hounding a sitting president."

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Sat Jul 13, 2024, 06:12 PM

Jul 13

Opposition to the war at the grassroots level was tearing the country apart, Johnson's Great Society programs were unpopular and violent race riots in big cities were all over tv news every night. Then a few weeks after announcing he wasn't running, MLK and RFK were murdered. It's no surprise Humphrey lost so badly to Nixon. Joe Biden's situation is much different; the people trying to take him down have no justification, other than a poor debate performance.