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Most faculty members were skeptical about Nixon's unannounced withdrawal date. "I don't think it matters unless he announces it," said Thomas Schelling, professor of Economics.
Few professors were willing to speculate on the effect of the Laos invasion on Nixon's election chances, but none foresaw a resurgence of support for his policy. "I think he's behind public opinion," ventured Schelling. "People are readier to get out and forget than he realizes."
Schelling: "One implication is that this way you pressure incumbents into changing their minds, instead of trying to overcome them with new people, which is much harder."
"The main point." Schelling said. "is that political action has not really been tried, especially by the impatient young. It remains to be proved by college people that they can set big enough goals and be durable enough to have a political effect.
"The course was concerned with game theory," one of Schelling's students said, "the use of bluffs and strategy in economics. It was a great time to apply theory to fact."