He keeps his ear to the ground so close that he gets it full of grasshoppers much of the time.
-House Speaker "Uncle Joe"
Cannon on William McKinley Lyndon Johnson keeps his ear as close to the ground as any President in history, but what mostly seems to get in his ears these days are bothersome creatures called psephologists. When his 70%-approval ratings were a dime a dozen, the President's inside coat pocket always bulged with polls, ready to be yanked out and proudly displayed at a moment's notice. Since his popularity went into...
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