Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seems an elegant addition to the progressive wing of the Democrats. More immediately he presents unwanted problems. Obviously the announced and unannounced presidential candidates do not welcome competition, and their greetings last week ranged from tepid to frosty. South Dakota's Senator George McGovern unkindly recalled the Agnew nominating speech. Washington's Senator Henry Jackson declared: "If you join the church one Sunday, you can't expect to be chairman of the board of deacons the next Sunday...
Lackluster Tour. When President Nixon relaxed trade restrictions with China following the first gambits of Ping Pong diplomacy, Agnew warned against a sudden thaw in U.S.-Chinese relationships. Nixon, engaged in delicate negotiations with Peking, did a slow burn over his Vice President's outspokenness on the issue. Agnew was abroad when Nixon appeared on television July 15 with his China announcement. He subsequently endorsed the Peking visit, downplaying earlier differences. Relations between Nixon and Agnew, never very close, have become chillier. Says one White House aide: "I see the old man's private calendar and Agnew...
...Agnew's recent foreign tour was lackluster at best, and his remarks condemning black leaders in the U.S. are considered a new burden for an Administration already fighting charges of hostility toward blacks. Lately he has spent more time away from Washington, frequently playing golf with celebrity and sport cronies. He continues his rounds of the Republican banquet circuit, but even in this familiar role his aides sense a growing ennui. His pride is affronted by the small ceremonial duties of the vice presidency that he calls "Hubert Humphrey make-work projects...
...Agnew's doldrums plus complaints from liberal Republicans and disenchanted White House aides are hardly enough to make Nixon switch, but the electoral equation next fall could force him to. Should Nixon decide that he must run a more moderate campaign than is consonant with Agnew's image, then he might well replace Agnew with a more suitable running mate. Or, should it seem necessary, he could name another conservative Republican, in hopes of holding voters on the right while still getting rid of Agnew's predictable fractiousness...
Even David. Agnew's best chances for renomination remain with his supporters in the Republican right wing. Agnew, insists Barry Goldwater, has a larger personal following in the G.O.P. than Nixon himself; White House aides do not disagree. Whether or not Nixon would take the painful step of admitting that his original choice for Vice President was wrong-which would force him to face recrimination from the right-will probably not be known until next summer, perhaps after the Democrats have nominated his opponent. Says a White House aide: "What he'll do is sit down with...