Nelson's LBJ Mastermind book

[Kenneth Kapel]

After the 1964 GOP convention Rockefeller make a half hearted show of support for Goldwater by appearring with the Arizona Senator in a New York state campaign stop, I remember seeing it on the network news. Rockefeller and JBJ must have known thay Nixon was the odds on favorite to win the 1968 GOP Presidential nomination, beacause Nixon was agreeable to all wings of the party, to varying degress, relatively young ( 55 ) and because many rank & file Republicans believed that the 1960 Presidential elections was stolen from Mr. Nixon. To have any chance to win the nimination Rocky needed to get into the race early, he didnt, in fact he was about to annouce his candidacy somewhat early in the race, but instead of announcing his leap into the race, he announced that he was not running , about 1 month later he did get into the race, but by this time the horsse had left the barn. His earlier announcement about not running allegedly angered Governor Agnew of maryland, who later announced his support for Nixon and round up becoming Vice - President. Where does Mr Dallek show any evidence for his asserations. If LBJ was such a Mastermind in the JFK assassination how come he couldnt swing the GOP nomination to Rocky Nelson ? The powers the be had to eliminate RFK in order to assure that HHH revieved the Democrats nod. Inciddently if RFK had lived I do not believe that he would have won the nomination over Humphrey.