The Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson

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The author of this paper discusses the ideas in these books that convey that the presidency of Lyndon Johnson was a failure. The writer shows how Stephen Skowronek's work describes Johnson's politics as standard, that his feelings of insecurity led to the demise of his leadership and that he was unable to complete any changes proposed through prior presidencies. The writer further describes how Tulis's work analyses Johnson's politics as too emotional and not concrete enough, citing his War on Poverty as the main example.

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"These leaders are neither great repudiators nor orthodox innovators. They challenge received political categories, mix seemingly antithetical doctrines, and often take their opponents' issues as their own. The all-important fact is that the Constitution is unchanging and non-developed, while at all times intersecting with a social, economic, and political world."

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