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Domestic Programs of Lyndon B. Johnson

he measured his accomplishments, and expected others to do the same, on the results he was able to obtain, not on the stances he took. Thus Johnson, working behind the scenes, was able to obtain 100% Democratic solidarity in the vote to censure the odious Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954; others took the "heroic" stance of denouncing McCarthy publicly, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson solved the problem.

It is easy to see how such an approach would lead ideological Democrats of both conservative and liberal stripe to distrust "The Johnson System" or "Network," as Johnson's method of working the Democratic Majority leadership came to be termed: the man's use of the full tools of power, persuasion, pork barrelling and pressure could be put to any purpose - and his lack of ideological definition meant that it could be used against them. Only the personal affability of Johnson himself kept the delicate balance of Democratic Party opposing factions in line. Johnson was a believer in "working through" and "giving a little to all" - which, inadvertently

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