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...eliminate the need for Richardson to resolve the perplexing constitutional question of whether or not Agnew would have to be impeached before he could be indicted...
...Nixon may have a much less Machiavellian reason for wanting Agnew to quit. The Vice President's thrashings are scarcely contributing to the President's efforts to re-establish trust in his Administration in the wake of all the Watergate revelations. Agnew is a distraction and an embarrassment, and could be far worse if guilty. With access to the solid case against Agnew that the Justice Department believes it has, Nixon may well be convinced of Agnew's guilt and feel that he should be ousted sooner rather than later. Agnew may have privately resisted such suggestions...
...clamor reached such a point that Nixon Spokesman Warren was forced to assert that no one in the White House was trying to push Agnew to resign. Indeed, it could be argued that while Nixon might very well like to be rid of the Agnew problem, it was by no means certain that he wanted to get rid of Agnew. Dumping the Vice President simply made no political sense, Nixon aides kept insisting. After all, the President had twice picked Agnew as his running mate. Said one aide: "Let's face it; if Agnew goes down the tube, that...
...balance, whatever reluctance the President might feel about getting rid of Agnew, he had scarcely demonstrated it very convincingly...
...week of ardent speculation, even Agnew himself did not escape consideration as the source of the resignation reports. He might simply have been seeking opinions, in Nixon's own devil's-advocate style, from a colleague who mistook his manner. On Aug. 15 in Denver, Agnew asked Republican National Committeeman Bill Daniels pointblank whether he should resign. (Says Daniels: "My direct answer to him was that if you're guilty you've got a problem, but if you're innocent, I would fight it to my dying day.") Or the report could have stemmed from...