Posted on 07/24/2024 1:33:34 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
They didn’t let the voters decide. Just seems like there should be lawsuits flying.
It’s because he sucks and his party detests him.
He had a cold.
Publius wrote:
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LBJ chose not to run before the primaries.
LBJ chose not to run after the New Hampshire primary where Eugene McCarthy got 42% of the vote.
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Many thanks for the info; there at least there was a candidate besides LBJ.
Were there more; what percentage did the others get?
How many other primaries had been held, besides New Hampshire?
Organized Labor still ran the party, and Labor was still pro-war, so they had no use for McCarthy, who was anti-war. Humphrey got the nod at a convention marred by violence on the convention floor, which was mirrored by violence on the streets of Chicago.
A few years ago, it was revealed that at the height of the conflict on the convention floor, LBJ called Mayor Daley, the Convention Chair, and asked that the nominations be reopened. LBJ told Daley that he, LBJ, was the only candidate who could unite the party in its present state of conflict.
Daley was so shocked that he violated protocol for speaking to the President. Daley said, "Lyndon, are you out of your f***ing mind?!" Daley talked Johnson down, and Humphrey got the nod, choosing Edmund Muskie of Maine for his VP choice.
Politico has a behind the scenes report on what happened over the weekend at Biden’s home in Delaware. Something about Biden finally being given the swing state polling by his inner circle and a secret visit by Chuck Schumer.
Why Biden finally quit
The Saturday night decision that ended Biden’s reelection campaign.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/21/why-biden-dropped-out-00170106
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