I know all about the love/hate for LBJ but in the end many good things came out of his time in the White House.
One certain advantage Lyndon had was his time in Congress and his passion for politics. He knew where the bodies were buried and he bullied much through. But LBJ counted on all those folks wanting to be reelected whereas this new bunch would rather serve a single term than get off the Teabagger train and Grover's pledge. I am amazed at the power a lobbyist like Grover seems to hold over them. Boehner got damn little from the "we have nothing to lose" group of newbs.