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Guard of the door and lyndon johnson had an ex-marine named martin watson which was tougher. those two presidents would be astounding to hear if they were acted as their own staff. >> can you imagine a functioning west wing where bannon has said five or six direct reports of losey-goosey style and a much more family business. >> chaotic. look at the summer of 1965 and johnson was making world shattering decisions about vietnam and civil rights and education and medicare and the great society, yo...

Presidential historian michael beschloss. around when did the chief of staff era start? that is to say, what president looked at the work flow, the pressures of the job, and said this is way more than i can handle? >> well, the one we remember most of all is richard nixon, who was the first one who had someone called the chief of staff by the name of h.r. haldeman, which did not end well. he wound up in prison. but you know, presidents really going back to fdr have had, you know, one person who ...

Back in the hitler and pre-war era. >> johnson not only smears jacks family, he also attempts to expose jacks deepest secret. >> the day bore the vote, the johnson people put under the hotel room doors of every delegate a yellow sheet of paper saying that kennedy had addisons disease. >> for bobby kennedy, that was absolutely verboten. from that point forward he considered lbj to be the enemy. >> bobby wouldnt let him get away with it. running the kind of war room that campaigns salivate over he...

>> jack kennedys main rival for the democratic nomination is lbj. >> i move here and now to solicit the votes of every delegate present in this room in the sound of my voice. lyndon johnson, the majority of the of the united states senate thinks kennedy is sort of a light weight. >> some talk about how we ought to do it, and when we get down to doing it, just dont get it done. >> but kennedy is rolling with this stuff. >> i appreciate what senator johnson had to say. he made some references to p...

Completed wyoming finishes with clinches the kennedy vote with a deciding vote. >> john f. kennedy fights offensively strong opposition to win the nomination. he is now the democratic partys presidential candidate. >> we will carry the fight to the people in the fall, and we shall win. >> jack faces a tough decision. he must pick a running mate. >> when it comes to picking a vice president, the obvious candidate in a way is lbj. >> what did you and senator johnson talk about? >> well, i thanked ...

Away with it. running the kind of war room that campaigns salivate over he responds almost immediately. >> bobby rallies the doctors to lie, to say that jack is healthy as can be. >> will bobbys damage control pay off? >> climactic moments of the democratic convention. before the first ballot is completed wyoming finishes with a deciding vote. >> john f. kennedy fights offensively strong opposition to win the nomination. he is now the democratic partys presidential candidate. >> we will carry th...

He made some references to perhaps the shortcomings of other candidates but i assume he was talking about some of the other candidates and not about me. >> with his egobruised, johnson gets personal. >> lbj began to disparage joe kennedy sr. >> johnson not only smears jacks family, he also attempts to expose jacks deepest secret. >> the day before the vote, the johnson people put under the hotel room doors of every delegate, a yellow sheet of paper saying that kennedy had a disease. >> for bobby...

Memories of people like lbj. >> reporter: here orourke tells the story of campaigning in a small town that hasnt seen a senator there in 70 years. hes banking on the idea that if he can meet you face to face, hell win your vote. >> so listen, that doesnt mean that we win. it just means that were getting back to our roots of how we used to win. the way that we used to run campaigns when we were successful. ♪ >> reporter: bento orourke wasnt a politician back there, he was road tripping around t...

Also really strong memories of people like lbj. >> reporter: here, orourke tells the story of campaigning in a small town that hasnt seen a senator there in 70 years. hes banking on the idea if he can meet you face to face, hell win your vote. >> so, listen, that doesnt mean we win. it just means that were getting back to our roots of how we used to win. the way we used to run campaigns when we were successful. >> reporter: beto orourke wasnt a politician back then. he was road tripping around t...

Indicator. prior to the polls opening today, look at this. the number of democratic early voters, it about doubled from four years ago while gop turnout rose 16, 17%. orourke will likely challenge ted cruz for his senate seat has been gaining traction through a widespread grass-roots campaign criss-crossing texas. >> someone at the town hall meeting we held showed me a picture of their dead with l.b.j. in 1948 and said this was the last time that a u.s. senate candidate from texas from either pa...