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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.
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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
RN’s Administrative Presidency White House Appointee Career
Problem with Nixon’s Style • Cabinet Government? • Isolation • Feeding Nixon’s Flaws
Cabinet Government? William Rogers George 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 Muskie George McGovern
Watergate Scandal • Comparison to other scandals • Lessons • Since Ike, no president has finished a second term without one • Staff loyalty is double-edged sword
Plumbers CREEP
Legislative Branch: Senate Committee Sen. Howard Baker, Sen. Sam Ervin Judicial Branch: Grand Jury Judge John Sirica Investigations
Executive Branch: Special Prosecutor • Archibald Cox Leon Jaworski
Saturday Night Massacre October 23, 1973 Elliott Richardson William Robert Bork Atty. General Ruckelshaus Solicitor Gen Dep. AG
The Fate of the Tapes • Watergate Tapes (NARA) • From Washington Post • The “Smoking Gun” Tape • US Supreme Court Ruling • US v. Nixon
Impeachment • Articles of Impeachment • House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearings • Gerald Ford Library Watergate Info
The Fate of Nixon Video of Resignation