The Nation: The Short Rein of Spiro T. Agnew

As part of his reassessment after last fall's elections, President Nixon asked his senior advisers for written counsel on what steps he should take. When the memoranda started flowing into the Oval Office, almost all of them agreed on at least one point: Spiro T. Agnew's role should be moderated. It would create a significant softening of the Administration's rhetoric. Agnew was Nixon's most flamboyant and aggressive agent in last fall's campaign. Now, like other Vice Presidents before him, including Richard Nixon, he is being cast by some in the White House as...

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