“But unlike Jack, Bobby had not been groomed to be a candidate, and he was constitutionally incapable of the flattery and false praise with which politicians like Johnson got others to do their daily bidding.”
Jonathan Darman“Reagan understood an important distinction that (Lyndon) Johnson never grasped: being in control and being successful aren't always the same thing.”
Jonathan Darman, Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America“But unlike Jack, Bobby had not been groomed to be a candidate, and he was constitutionally incapable of the flattery and false praise with which politicians like Johnson got others to do their daily bidding.”
Jonathan Darman, Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America