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But the Nixon effort has failed to halt the momentum building on Capitol Hill for his ouster, as Senator Buckley’s resignation call demonstrates. Until yesterday, the only other Republican senator to call openly for the President to quit had been Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, who is well out on the party’s liberal wing. The conservative Mr. Buckley’s statement thus bracketed the GOP’s ideological spectrum, making it harder than ever for the White House to portray the President as a victim of scheming by liberal politicians and the press.

Wall Street Journal, March 20

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But the Nixon effort has failed to halt the momentum building on Capitol Hill for his ouster, as Senator Buckley’s resignation call demonstrates. Until yesterday, the only other Republican senator to call openly for the President to quit had been Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, who is well out on the party’s liberal wing. The conservative Mr. Buckley’s statement thus bracketed the GOP’s ideological spectrum, making it harder than ever for the White House to portray the President as a victim of scheming by liberal politicians and the press.

Wall Street Journal, March 20