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Last August, by better than two to one (53% to 25%), the American public was dissatisfied with the idea of having Spiro T. Agnew as President if Nixon were to resign. In sharp contrast, 35% of the Democrats and 46% of the Republicans would be satisfied to have Ford succeed to the White House, and only 26% of the Democrats and 16% of the Republicans would be dissatisfied. Indeed, a greater number of Democrats would rather see Ford as President than Albert, a state of affairs that Yankelovich analysts ascribe to the public sentiment that no partisan advantage should...
SHAKER HEIGHTS, OHIO: In an auto service shop of this prosperous suburb (pop. 36,000) of Cleveland, Mechanic Ken Masshart, 35, ridiculed Watergate for months as just another political squabble. He even used to skip over newspaper stories about it. But Spiro Agnew's resignation convinced him that something was terribly wrong in Washington. He explains: "All of a sudden, I started reading about politics again; I got wrapped up in it." For the image of the country, he thinks that "Nixon should resign before impeachment, if it comes to that...
...million in federal funds for law enforcement. Now he exclaims: "Think of the men who have sat in that office, the dignity surrounding it. What will be left when he gets through with it, Lord only knows." Says Mrs. Margene Williams, 53, a gift shop operator: "When Agnew resigned we caught the flea but not the rat." Adds Tom Cook, 52, a printer: "I can do without steak, but I don't want my three kids to grow up in the country...
...some respects, the choice of TV as a prime target was puzzling. TV news, for one thing, has lagged well behind newspapers and magazines in investigating Watergate. Also, after the initial assaults by Spiro Agnew, TV generally has backed away from exposé documentaries. What the Administration may resent is the networks' ability to serve as a giant megaphone for unfavorable stories that originate in print...
...into acting out her ancient ambitions, or that U.S. military strength and civil concord are not important to keeping the peace and pre serving the Constitution. But Drury finished his novel in February-and history, that heartless bitch, has stood him up again, with the Watergate investigations and the Agnew scandal. Characters more fascinating, events more crowded, a conspiracy against the Constitution far more plausible than any thing Drury has invented. It is not Drury's country that is a helpless giant, after all. It is his novel...