JFK MEETS WITH REELECTION TEAM
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On November 12, 1963, after a morning conference on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy convened the first formal meeting of his re-election team in the Cabinet Room at the White House.
Thurston Clarke, author of JFK's Last Hundred Days, notes that LBJ "had not been invited." In fact, according to Evelyn Lincoln, presidential secretary, JFK and LBJ had met alone for only an hour and 15 minutes since the beginning of the year 1963.
The president made it clear at this meeting that "he intended to micromanage the Democratic convention," and that he wanted a "livelier convention" than the 1960 version.
SOURCE
"JFK'S LAST HUNDRED DAYS: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President," by Thurston Clarke, The Penguin Press, New York, 2013.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On November 12, 1963, after a morning conference on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy convened the first formal meeting of his re-election team in the Cabinet Room at the White House.
The meeting was attended by the Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and campaign manager Stephen Smith. Also attending were JFK assistants Larry O'Brien and Ken O'Donnell, as well as speechwriter Ted Sorensen and DNC chairman John Bailey.
Thurston Clarke, author of JFK's Last Hundred Days, notes that LBJ "had not been invited." In fact, according to Evelyn Lincoln, presidential secretary, JFK and LBJ had met alone for only an hour and 15 minutes since the beginning of the year 1963.
The president made it clear at this meeting that "he intended to micromanage the Democratic convention," and that he wanted a "livelier convention" than the 1960 version.
SOURCE
"JFK'S LAST HUNDRED DAYS: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President," by Thurston Clarke, The Penguin Press, New York, 2013.
Kennedy Election Poster
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*Since JFK would be running for re-election in 1964, he would have needed a new campaign poster.
