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Reply #3: Obama could not act like LBJ if he tried, because he is not a "power broker", like LBJ was. [View All]

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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-21-09 10:56 AM
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3. Obama could not act like LBJ if he tried, because he is not a "power broker", like LBJ was.
LBJ had been around much longer and knew where the proverbial bodies were buried and what strings to pull. Barack Obama apprenticed under power brokers Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. When Obama tried to flex his political muscles by running against former Black Panther and present Congressman Bobby Rush, he got his political posterior handed to him.
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