Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...York's liberal Republican Jacob Javits and the state's incoming Conservative James Buckley exchanged friendly banter, even though Javits had just challenged Buckley's right to join the Republican caucus. After he was sworn in, California Democrat John Tunney smilingly grasped the hand of Vice President Spiro Agnew, who had personally fought his election. A bipartisan ovation greeted the return of Minnesota Democrat Hubert Humphrey, whose eternal ebullience is still enjoyed by his longtime colleagues. Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, deposed from his job as majority whip only minutes before in a stunning upset, quietly beckoned the man who beat...
Those are commendable moves, and MacGregor is working especially hard to mollify the more progressive Republicans in the Senate. They are such men as Mark Hatfield, Charles Mathias and William Saxbe, who have felt not only ignored by the White House but threatened by the Nixon-Agnew attacks that helped defeat New York's liberal Republican Charles Goodell. Yet much more is needed than MacGregor's good will. Old pros on the Hill are beginning to wonder if Nixon really understands Congress, despite his four years in the House. The fact that MacGregor is sporting an I CARE ABOUT CONGRESS...
...effort to remake his image as an earnest moderator between the levels of government, Agnew will appear later in the year at a series of state and local conferences around the nation -while generally avoiding the kind of party fund-raising events that might bring forth his old sulfurous partisanship. He will also try to work closely with the nation's Governors and, unlikely as it may sound, court ethnic groups, including blacks. Such liaison was supposed to be an Agnew assignment all along...
...Agnew flew to California last week for just such a conference of state and local officials. He listened thoughtfully, then delivered a mellow speech on local fiscal problems. To be sure, his older style briefly asserted itself when he flailed away at Ralph Nader and other "pontificators and pundits." But the Vice President has obviously learned some valuable lessons. "All I'm saying," he remarked at one point, "is that life is a very complex matter. There are two sides to every argument...
...spasms of electoral polemics and his long brawl with Congress have, despite his relish for a fight, offended Nixon's sense of orderly governmental process. Now he is steering toward conciliation and concrete accomplishment, muting the rhetoric that has made some Republicans come to feel that Spiro T. Agnew did the G.O.P. more harm than good in the elections...