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His grift was very much linked to pork barrel spending though, without it the Democrats should have considerably less power and that should cut into their support base. He was also the Senate wip for a very long time, and that meant keeping his party in line and happy.

Without LBJ do you think that the Dixiecrats will be less strong and that Ike can push through more reforms? If Ike gets to be the civil rights legislation president the Republicans will keep the black vote.They will also continue to hold the professional classes and a lot of the people who...

LBJ was one of the most corrupt and disgusting creatures to inhabit a government office. He had behind him some moronic FDR progressives that thought he was part of their group but he was mainly out for his own self-aggrandizement. He pioneered much of the gifting and corruption the US congress...