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Ohh not for Watergate, but for his involvement in ending the peace process in Vietnam to win the 68' election.

in the weeks before the election Nixon met with the south Vietnamese Ambassador and convinced him to break off the peace conference with the North. He convinced him that with the impending election for president, a republican administration would net the south Vietnamese a much better deal than a democratic one.

It was very obvious that the hope of a seccesion of conflict in Vietnam might just boost Humphrey to the presidency. When this collapsed so did his chances. While the election results in the college are heavily leaning towards Nixon, in fact the election was much closer, With Wallace loosing by less than 1% of the popular Vote.

Now, what happens if A) Nixon cannot convince the South Vietnamese to halt convo with North and then B) Wallace wins the popular vote by a large margin and either c) wins election or b) looses
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