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What Obama Can Learn From LBJ

David Frum: Lyndon Johnson knew how to manipulate

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 15, 2012 6:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – David Frum detects "an unspoken critique of Barack Obama' in the fourth volume of Robert Caro's massive LBJ biography, The Passage of Power. Whereas Lyndon Johnson cajoled, wooed, and threatened in order to amass support for major bills—like the Civil Rights Act...   Read full story »

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