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>> johnson is a southern democrat. jack needs the southern vote. >> jack kennedy never liked johnson. bobby kennedy despised johnson. they were like dogs with the hair standing up on the back of their neck. >> joe kennedy didn't feel that way. he was looking in strategic terms at the map and realized that his son needed texas. >> so the two brothers had johnson to be jack's presidential running mate and they did that for one reason. they were going to do anything it took to get jack elected p . president. >> he must beat one of the most experienced politicians of america. sitting vice presiden...

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 bobby's 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 party's presidential candidate. >> we will carry the fight to the people and we shall win. >> jack faces a tough decision. he must pick a running mat...

Spinning their heads. >> he was just enormously impressive figure. >> i went to the convention with my parents. my father was the democratic national committeeman from maryland. the excitement of it was great because my father had been a big supporter. >> jack kennedy's main rival is lbj. >> i news here and now solicit the votes of every delegate present in this room in the sound of my voice. >> lyendon johnson and majority of the united states senate, thinks kennedy is sort of a light weight. >> let's talk about how we ought to do it and when we get down to doing it, just going to get it done...

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 jack's family, he also attempts to expose jack's 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 kennedy, that was absolutely verboten. from that point forward he considered lbj to be the enemy....