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Please forgive me for the cheesy title. I just couldn't resist :D.

In our time Johnson ran in a few democratic primaries, just barely beating McCarthy, before withdrawing his candidacy. Now what if LBJ rekindled some of the fire he once had and decided to use every trick in his book to try and retain the presidency:

a). Could Johnson have gained the democratic nomination? If so, could he convince or bully McCarthy and Wallace out of running against the party?

b). If nominated, would he keep Humphrey as his running mate or look towards the likes of Robert Kennedy in order to keep the Democratic party united?

c) Assuming Nixon would be his opponent, what would the campaign look like?
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