In the run-up to the 1968 election it had been the Republicans' turn to go on the firing line; this time, with an incumbent Republican, it's the Democrats' turn. We have already met George McGovern (#201), and now we meet Fred Harris. A sharp duel between a self-described populist who believes, for example, that the very portions of Lyndon Johnson's program that President Nixon is trying to wind down--like Legal Services--are the parts that have worked best. WFB: "And what is the interest that Mr. Nixon has in the maldistribution of power?" FH: "I think he likes it the way it is." WFB: "Why?" FH: "Well, it serves him very well. He's President of the United States, among other things." WFB: "Yeah. But he became that under a Constitution that was put together by, you know, Madison and a lot of other people who didn't have Nixon in mind." FH: "I don't know. Madison might have."
- Hoover ID: Program S0017
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