Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus it appeared to be a relief for Nixon to leave Washington and return to an activity that seems to refresh his spirit. He engaged in his first wholly partisan political stumping since he took office. Campaigning for Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey. Nixon mentioned the war only once -and that was to tell an airport crowd in Morristown, N.J., to be sure to listen to his speech this week "on that particular matter...
...Partisan Outing. In both New Jersey and Virginia, the President's enthusiastic fans far outnumbered the peace demonstrators. In Salem, Va., Nixon jumped onstage to do a jig with G.O.P. Candidate Linwood Holton. Three times Nixon tried to start his speech, only to be halted by sustained ovations. When the crowd finally paused, he devoted almost the entire message to extolling his concept of a New Federalism. "For 50 years," he said, "politicians in both parties have been saying that we had to decentralize government, that power should go back to the states. But for 50 years nobody...
Nixon clearly enjoyed the partisan outing. His arms held aloft to acknowledge applause, his brisk rhetoric-even many of the lines-were part of last year's familiar campaign platform performances. Only one thing had changed: Nixon omitted the two-fingered V-sign with which he had once signaled victory. That has been appropriated by the petitioners for peace in Viet...
...doing this unless we were told to do so by the man." The aide said Nixon ordered Agnew to continue the assault. Agnew spent three days last week honing an anti-Moratorium address for a Republican fund-raising dinner in Harrisburg, Pa. Delivered before a highly partisan audience, Agnew's speech was a smashing success. In 26 minutes he was interrupted 23 times by applause. In many respects, the presentation was a defense of his earlier tirades. "A little over a week ago," Agnew told the party faithful, "I took a rather unusual step for a Vice President...
...chockablock with chinoiserle, mainly from the T'ang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906). That slight Oriental connection is one of the few similarities between the two men. Where Dirksen was a conciliator, expert in sub rosa dealings with Democrats, Scott is an acerbic infighter who means to do open partisan battle from his new front-row desk on the Senate aisle that divides the two parties. "I'm more of a militant," says Scott. "I've drawn a little white line down the middle aisle...