WFB and a fellow conservative Republican focus on the Democratic scene, where already-nearly two years before the presidential election-it was clear that LBJ was in serious trouble. WFB: "But then aren't you really saying this: that Lyndon Johnson could force his own renomination? But mightn't Bobby Kennedy make it almost psychologically impossible for him to do so?" FCW: "Yes, he could conceivably do that, and of course ... from a Republican point of view this would be delightful and highly desirable, because I think under those circumstances it would make it almost assured that the Republican nominee would win the general election." WFB: "Why do you say that? If Lyndon Johnson stepped down in favor of Kennedy, ... why wouldn't Kennedy go on to win the election?" FCW: "Do you really think that Lyndon Johnson would step down charitably, for a Bobby Kennedy?"