Groups to protest at Democratic convention in North Carolina

[Ken Burch]

21. Nixon largely left the Great Society alone in his first term, though.

My theory is that Nixon and Johnson cut the following deal:
Nixon would more or less leave the programs intact through the '72 election in exchange for Johnson making sure that Humphrey couldn't catch him in '68. Nixon didn't propose major cuts until the day after he was sworn in again in '73-and that announcement probably caused Johnson's fatal heart attack the next day.

You can't honestly think Johnson wanted Humphrey to win-Johnson KNEW the status quo Vietnam war plank he forced Humphrey to agree to would guarantee his defeat. That is the only possible reason he could have had to force Humphrey to be nominated as an all-out hawk.