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That we think of as having political cost. big legislation particularly on the things that galvanize big opposition. is there any way from a historical perspective to weigh the political winners and losers, the political cost benefit of pushing something really big. how does the president decide whether or not its worth it? >> you would think that a president is moved to pass big legislation so it looks as though hes doing something important. but lyndon johnson for instance in 1965 passed this ...

>> how did lbj himself react to the aspects of backlash that happened during his political life? when he could see what he had predicted happening happened? >> it happened in a much more dramatic way. the voting rights act was passed, as you know, in the summer of 1965. he went down to celebrate at the lbj ranch late that summer of the that was the time that the riots occurred. thousands of rioters, 20 people were dead. the police chief in los angeles, william parker, made this incendiary remark...

Predicted happening happened? >> it happened in a much more dramatic way. the voting rights act was passed, as you know, in the summer of 1965. he went down to celebrate at the lbj ranch late that summer of the that was the time that the riots occurred. thousands of rioters, 20 people were dead. the police chief in los angeles, william parker, made this incendiary remark. he said thats what happens when you get people civil rights and tell them they have been abused by the law. they develop this...

Happened during his political life? when he could see what he had pr predicted happening happened? >> it happened in a much more d dramatic way. the voting rights act was passed, as you know, in the summer of 1965. he went down to celebrate at the lbj ranch late that summer of the that was the time that the riots occurred. thousands of rioters, 20 people were dead. the police chief in los angeles, william parker, made this incendiary remark. he said thats what happens when you get people civil r...

That promise. within three days, there were reports from across the country about hundreds of people being laid off at the reactors and the uranium production plants. the beltway press was also very excited at the time that president johnson was proposing an overall federal budget for the country that was smaller than what president kennedy had asked for. >> robert, in a manner of speaking, you were home on the range for about ten days down to johnson city, texas, shuttling back and forth betwee...

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