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Nixon's impeachment/resignation was nigh-inevitable months before he actually resigned. Most politicians would have resigned then, to avoid a further loss of reputation and killing their party's chances. However, Nixon was a fighter, if nothing else, causing him to behave pretty irrationally for a while on the resignation. Was there any possibility that, under all that pressure, Nixon's killer political instincts finally abandon him, and he decides to stick it out to the bitter end, consequences be dammed?
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