<P> In 1964, Lyndon Johnson led a landslide victory for his party, securing another term as president and taking 36 seats from Republicans in the House of Representatives . Following the election, members of the Republican caucus looked to select a new Minority Leader . Three members approached Ford to see if he would be willing to serve; after consulting with his family, he agreed . After a closely contested election, Ford was chosen to replace Charles Halleck of Indiana as Minority Leader . </P> <P> With a Democrat majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Johnson Administration proposed and passed a series of programs that was called by Johnson the "Great Society ." During the first session of the Eighty - ninth Congress alone, the Johnson Administration submitted 87 bills to Congress, and Johnson signed 84, or 96%, arguably the most successful legislative agenda in Congressional history . </P> <P> In 1966, criticism over the Johnson Administration's handling of the Vietnam War began to grow, with Ford and Congressional Republicans expressing concern that the United States was not doing what was necessary to win the war . Public sentiment also began to move against Johnson, and the 1966 midterm elections saw a 47 - seat swing in favor of the Republicans . This was not enough to give Republicans a majority in the House, but the victory gave Ford the opportunity to prevent the passage of further Great Society programs . </P> <P> Ford's private criticism of the Vietnam War became public following a speech from the floor of the House, in which he questioned whether the White House had a clear plan to bring the war to a successful conclusion . The speech angered President Johnson, who accused Ford of having played "too much football without a helmet". </P>

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