Weeks before election day in 1992, Richard Nixon knew in his shrewd political bones that George Bush would lose. On the day after the final debate he wrote a note to Bush, "to buck the guy up," assuring him that "you hit a home run" and praising his "character and courage." Two weeks later, only hours after the votes were counted, Nixon wrote to President-elect Clinton, offering congratulations and declaring that he had the "character" to be a world leader. The old lion was betting that he could regain more influence through the neophyte in the White House than he had...
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