The whole 'living in your district' thing......

When Lyndon was in the House of Reps he was either broke or cheap because he had only a few household items. But he would drag them with him when he went to DC and then again when he went back to Texas.

He kept a place in both, and when he was in DC he was working. When he was in Texas he was out and about talking to folks, hanging out at Cafe's, helping someone mend a fence. He was out where people could see him and talk to him and it got him elected time after time.

He was in the House of Reps from 1937 to 1949 which might be why he supported the Interstate Highway system!

And he would drive both ways because of all the stuff he had to haul back and forth. Of course this gave him the chance to stop in Texas a lot for gas and eats and this paid off when he ran for the Senate since he had made it his business to get to know people up and down US 75.

Lyndon knew that pressing the flesh in your district was important if you wished to stay in office. That and doing stuff for your district. The being there was not some secret that he discovered. He just looked upon it as a part of his job and he was in his district every chance he got.

Maybe Lugar just got tired.