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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon were to resign, would you be satisfied to have Congressman Gerald Ford, the Republican minority leader, as President, dissatisfied, or doesn't it make any difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME POLL: How the Public Feels About Nixon and Watergate Now | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME POLL: How the Public Feels About Nixon and Watergate Now | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...Acknowledging that he "fully understood" the decision of Elliot Richardson to resign as Attorney General after the dismissal of Archibald Cox, Ford said: "He felt that a commitment had been made. I assume that if I were in that position I would probably do the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VICE PRESIDENCY: Growing in Stature | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...named Leon Jaworski to succeed Archibald Cox as the special Watergate prosecutor, the most skeptical people in Washington were the experts who would be working for the new man, the staff that Cox himself had assembled. Several key members of the 80-man unit said privately that they would resign if Jaworski did not vigorously pursue Cox's work, letting the indictments fall where they may. Last week the Watergate staffers had their first chance to take a hard, appraising look at their new boss. Their verdict, somewhat to their own surprise, was one of approval, at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: A Test for Jaworski | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...Attorney General about wanting to "get rid" of Cox. "I didn't take it very seriously," Richardson recalled. "I thought it was just a general expression of irritation." In mid-October, however, Richardson had become convinced that Nixon was out to get Cox and decided to resign if the special prosecutor was fired. Less than a week later, the Saturday Night Massacre took place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SENATE: A Sense of Strain | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

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