Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters. It's so sad. There's another obstacle for him to clear.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.
I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.
Nixon had been to China. He had been to Russia doing arms negotiation. And so, he was on his way toward what happened in November, which was an electoral win with 49 states. And the sheer unnecessariness of the Watergate break-in is something that must have tormented him and his allies in all of the years that followed.
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.
It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.
The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.
You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.