The passage of power follows lyndon johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career 1958 to1964 it is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as senate majority leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a vice president in an administration that disdained and distrusted him yet it was as well the time in which the presidency the goal he had always pursued would be thrust upon him in the . The passage of power follows lyndon johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career 1958 to1964 it is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as senate majority leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a vice president in an administration that disdained and distrusted him yet it was as well the time in which the presidency the goal he had always pursued would be thrust upon him in the . The passage of power follows lyndon johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career 1958 to1964 it is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as senate majority leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a vice president in an administration that disdained and distrusted him yet it was as well the time in which the presidency the goal he had always pursued would be thrust upon him in the . In its exploration of this pivotal period in johnsons life and in the life of the nation the passage of power is not only the story of how he surmounted unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the presidency but is as well a revelation of both the pragmatic potential in the presidency and what can be accomplished when the chief executive has the vision and determination to move beyond the pragmatic and initiate programs designed to transform a nation. The passage of power follows lyndon johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career 1958 to1964 it is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as senate majority leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a vice president in an administration that disdained and distrusted him yet it was as well the time in which the presidency the goal he had always pursued would be thrust upon him in the