The Press: With Love--and Haste

"As the campaign develops," said the New York Times in an editorial that was published the morning after President Johnson's nomination in Atlantic City, "the points of difference between Mr. Johnson and Mr. Goldwater will become increasingly apparent." But the Times couldn't wait for developments. With uncharacteristic haste, it cast its vote for Lyndon Baines Johnson even before the 1964 presidential campaign had begun.

The differences between the two candidates, said the Times, which has been lamenting Barry Goldwater's candidacy as a blow to national prestige, "are clear enough already. In our opinion,...

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