Word: agnew
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...knows, moreover, that front runners for the presidency are especially vulnerable to attack. So he is more than willing to lie low for a time. A Gallup poll taken last month showed that Spiro Agnew was the top choice among Republicans, with 35%. Reagan came next (20%), while Connally was third (15%). As time goes by, Connally's standing could easily rise. There have been tantalizing hints that he is Nixon's first choice. Though his Texas wheeler-dealer image may hurt him a bit because of the public revulsion over Watergate, he is at least as forceful...
Nixon suffered the further indignity of hearing his Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew, attest to his boss's integrity -thereby calling attention to the fact that it was in question. For several weeks, Agnew's aides had spread the word that the Vice President was "appalled" by Nixon's handling of the Watergate scandal. But Agnew last week read a 90-second prepared statement saying that he wanted it known that "I have full confidence in the integrity of President Nixon and in his determination and ability to resolve the Watergate matter to the full satisfaction...
...payoffs that derogate the entire political system and are unworthy of a great democracy." Even Conservative Columnist William F. Buckley Jr. suggested last week that if Nixon is found guilty of obstructing justice in the case, he ought to be censured by the Congress. Buckley, although he likes Agnew, conceded that impeachment of Nixon would be unfair to all those who would not accept the Vice President as their leader...
Maass said that this particular lesson will be "well-learned." "No President in the future will staff his office in the same way," he predicted. "Just look what Nixon has done in the past two days--he's gone back to Agnew and given him completely new responsibilities. Whatever you may think of Agnew, he is a pro. He would never get involved in something like Watergate...
Price added that although Watergate has hurt the political careers of those involved, he noted that such possible candidates for the Republican nomination in 1976 as John Connally and Spiro Agnew have remained untouched...