Countdown To ’72

Watch for a swing to the left by the Nixon Administration during the next few months. The move is carefully calculated, motivated partly by analyses of 1970 election results and partly by pressure from worried Republican governors, many of whom are liberals whose support Nixon needs in ’72.

Among indicators of the leftward move will be a big push for revenue sharing; more frequent expressions of “concern” for the poor and urban problems by the President himself; heavy deficit spending; a vigorous crackdown on industrial pollution; and an emphasis on Vice President Agnew’s new role as problem-solver and advocate for the cities.

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Watch for a swing to the left by the Nixon Administration during the next few months. The move is carefully calculated, motivated partly by analyses of 1970 election results and partly by pressure from worried Republican governors, many of whom are liberals whose support Nixon needs in ’72.

Among indicators of the leftward move will be a big push for revenue sharing; more frequent expressions of “concern” for the poor and urban problems by the President himself; heavy deficit spending; a vigorous crackdown on industrial pollution; and an emphasis on Vice President Agnew’s new role as problem-solver and advocate for the cities.