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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Humphrey stories: 4 news summaries
ANALYSIS

 Kennedy's 
 Senate Class 
 Full of Lions 

Giants abound in 88th Senate

Aug 27, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no wonder Ted Kennedy became a lion of the Senate, writes Tom Schaller of FiveThirtyEight.com: he learned from the best. Kennedy began his first full term with the 88th Congress in 1963, and the list of senators sworn in alongside him contains “a safari’s worth... More »

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Senate • Ted Kennedy • Barry Goldwater • George McGovern • Hubert Humphrey • Strom Thurmond • Robert Byrd • Fulbright

(Newser) - As the tumultuous 1968 presidential campaign closed, Lyndon Johnson learned of attempts by Richard Nixon's aides to undermine peace efforts in Vietnam, actions he referred to as "treason," The final batch of audio recordings made during LBJ's administration, released yesterday by his presidential library, capture the frustration of... More »

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Lyndon Johnson • Richard Nixon • Vietnam War • Hubert Humphrey • 1968

ANALYSIS

Hillary Will Win Huge Leverage in Narrow Defeat

She stands to be
more powerful than
any loser in history

May 21, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - It doesn’t look like Hillary Clinton will be the Dem nominee this year, but she “may gain more leverage from losing than almost any other failed presidential candidate,” says Michael Tackett in a Chicago Tribune piece about what’s in store for the second-place finisher. Assuming she... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Ted Kennedy • Democratic nomination • Hubert Humphrey • female voters

‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ
Grow War

Schlesinger diaries depict liberal flight as prez sought heroism

Sep 29, 07 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Johnson’s motives for escalating the Vietnam War were “psychological and political rather than military,” wrote insider Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The former Kennedy hand documented the flight of top liberals from LBJ, even as he psychoanalyzed the president’s 1966-1967 decision to play “the war to... More »

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Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • Vietnam War • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • Dick Goodwin • George McGovern • Hubert Humphrey • Averell Harriman

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