Wattenberg was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx and went on to graduate from Hobart College in 1955 , majoring in English . From 1955 to 1957 , he was in the US Air Force , based in San Antonio . He was an aide and speechwriter to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 , and served as an adviser to Hubert Humphrey 's 1970 Senate race and Senator Henry M. Jackson 's contest for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination , and Democratic Party presidential primaries of 1976 , and served on the 1972 and 1976 Democratic National Convention platform committees
1976 Democratic National Convention
1976 Democratic National Convention
Ben Wattenberg