Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House members, and they think the votes are there" for impeachment. This, he suggested, is partly because of "the dilatory tactics" of Nixon and his men in dealing with the Judiciary Committee, headed by New Jersey Democrat Peter Rodino. Moreover, said Mansfield, he did not want the President to resign, as suggested by Republican Conservative Senator James Buckley, and indicated little enthusiasm for any legislation granting him immunity from prosecution if he were to leave office. "This matter should take its course," Mansfield said, meaning a full Senate impeachment trial. "We should not have another Agnew situation," he added...
Many conservative officeholders agree with North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms that "conservatives will make a serious error if they advocate that a President, if he is truly innocent, resign to appease a hostile press or even a majority of his countrymen." Senator Tower declares that for Nixon to resign when there are only "allegations of circumstantial evidence" against him would do "irreparable damage to the presidency." California's Reagan describes Buckley's call as "a little curve in the road," a departure from proper conservative ideology...
...pronouncement will force many on the right to reconsider the reasons why they want Nixon to stay in office. Says Congressman Bauman: "Some of us feel that Senator Buckley said many of the things that we have had on our minds, although we may not agree that Nixon should resign." Adds California Congressman John Rousselot, a onetime member of the John Birch Society...
Quite a few conservatives have a dim view of Nixon's prospects. "He's not going to resign, and his credibility is going to worsen," complains Ashbrook...
...four months, the share of people surveyed by the statewide Minnesota poll who want Nixon to resign has gone from 36% to 47%-just two points below those who want him to continue in office. Asked if they felt that Nixon had broken his oath of office, 58% said yes. In California, the Field Poll found 46% believed that Nixon should be impeached, an additional 24% felt that he should resign, and only 23% said that the investigations should be dropped...