One of the things people fail to realize about Nixon as well is he had the perpetual headwinds of a strongly liberal Congress blocking his every move. They were still in the Great Society hyperspending mode when he was elected in 1968. I read his memoirs, and a lot of times he confided that he tried to minimize damage by signing the least damaging bills when congress had solid veto override support for things he did not want to sign.
One of the things people fail to realize about Nixon as well is he had the perpetual headwinds of a strongly liberal Congress blocking his every move. They were still in the Great Society hyperspending mode when he was elected in 1968. I read his memoirs, and a lot of times he confided that he tried to minimize damage by signing the least damaging bills when congress had solid veto override support for things he did not want to sign.