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...treatment of George Jessel points up the news media's self-adulation and application of double standards. A business that thrives on criticism of people, that uses stolen materials, and that is selective in its news is ridiculous being offended by a Jessel poking fun or an Agnew making some legitimate criticism...
...lawyer's talent for bending the System to his advantage, Connally, 54, has become one of the strong men of the Nixon Cabinet since he joined it last February. Although a Democrat and former L.BJ. man, Texan Connally is increasingly mentioned as the man who may replace Spiro Agnew on the G.O.P. ticket next year...
...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...
...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...