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Nixon considers Agnew a valuable campaign fundraiser, and other presidential aides contend that he is far more popular with many influential Governors, mayors and rank-and-file Republicans than his critics imagine. Then, too, Nixon has difficulty in saying no on personal staff matters and in firing people, and he still smarts from Eisenhower's indecision over keeping him for a second term. There were immediate signs, however, that this time Agnew may be under presidential pressure to restrain his oratory. Nixon has told him to attack the Democrats forcefully on the issues, but to refrain from assailing personalities...
...bruised, as well as many of the Independents, whose votes can be decisive. It is when general themes are translated into proposals for action that a campaign risks alienating many voters, and McGovern has been unusually bold-if sometimes confusing-in detailing his programs. The McGovern advisers contend that they have studies showing that his call for a $32 billion cut in the defense budget and his plans for redistributing wealth by shifting the tax burden is far more popular than is generally thought. They feel that Nixon is in a bind when he praises the arms limitations...
...campaigns for lesser offices. The young enthusiasts will readily work with the regular Democratic organizations, Campaign Manager Gary Hart says, if they are wanted -and they will move in anyway even if they are not (see box, page 10). He concedes, however, that they are not tough enough to contend with the outright opposition of rough ward captains in a place like Chicago if it should develop...
...delegate-at-large: "I came through politics and worked my way up. We didn't do it overnight. These kids in Miami will be there for a lark, and that'll be the end of it." Beyond the anguish of power lost, however, many pros contend that they still know best what is good for the party and the country-and McGovern is not it. Or so it seemed to them before Miami. Later, with the campaign ahead and Nixon as the common enemy, some measure of party unity might become possible...
...accusation is serious, and both papers have denied it. They question whether the investigation has really been damaged, and contend that Seymour himself was really at fault for the early disclosures last month. Actually, the strange story of leak, scoop and re-scoop allows enough blame for both sides to share...