The Canny Conservatism Of John Connally
March, 1980
The Canny Conservatism of John Connallywatching him work the crowds, you sometimes wonder if his lizardskin boots are made of chameleonPeople who saw him after he had been shot and had come within five minutes of bleeding to death say that John Connally believed even then that the experience proved he was fated. His survival was a message that affected him profoundly. It meant that he was one of the chosen, that he was a man of destiny.But even the chosen must campaign if they want to be elected...