Status Updates From JFK and LBJ: The Last Two G...

It is good company to be in when the book says only that FDR can claim a "comparable record of legislative success." His reforms affected so many aspects of our country - healthcare, economy, education, poverty, environment, immigration. It's unfortunate that his image even needs rehabilitation.

"By August 1967 LBJ's rating had fallen below 40%, and his unpopularity was so acute that he had to virtually give up traveling around the country because his personal safety could not be guaranteed."