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Richard M. Nixon

New Deal Coalition IN African-Americans Union members Urban North Immigrant/newer ethnic groups Farmers OUT Democratic South

The South Defects Civil Rights Achievements and failures Expansion of Federal Power Viet Nam Southern Voting Patterns

1968 Democratic Race Gene McCarthy

RFK

Hubert Humphrey

1968 Democratic Convention

George Wallace

RN’s Administrative Presidency White House Appointee Career

John Ehrlichman: Domestic Council

Henry Kissinger: NSC Staff

H. R. Haldeman: Chief of Staff

Problem with Nixon’s Style Cabinet Government? Isolation Feeding Nixon’s Flaws

Cabinet Government? William RogersGeorge Romney

Isolation Line vs. Staff Nixon’s Enemies List Chuck Colson: “This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration; stated a bit more bluntly— how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.” Master List of Nixon’s Political Opponents

Feeding Nixon’s Flaws “Checker’s” Speech

Democrats 1972 Ed MuskieGeorge McGovern

Watergate Scandal Comparison to other scandals Comparison Lessons 1.Since Ike, no president has finished a second term without one 2.Staff loyalty is double-edged sword

US Bombing of Cambodia 1969

Plumbers CREEP

Watergate Hotel

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

Investigations Legislative Branch: Senate Committee Sen. Howard Baker, Sen. Sam Ervin Judicial Branch: Grand Jury Judge John Sirica

Executive Branch: Special Prosecutor Archibald CoxLeon Jaworski

Saturday Night Massacre October 23, 1973 Elliott Richardson William Robert Bork Atty. GeneralRuckelshaus Solicitor Gen Dep. AG

The Fate of the Tapes Watergate Tapes (NARA) Watergate Tapes From Washington PostPost The “Smoking Gun” Tape“Smoking Gun” US Supreme Court Ruling – US v. Nixon US v. Nixon

Impeachment Articles of Impeachment House Judiciary Committee Impeachment HearingsImpeachment Hearings Gerald Ford Library Watergate InfoWatergate

Vice President Spiro Agnew

The Fate of Nixon Video of Resignation

President Gerald Ford