On November 7, 1972, Richard Milhouse Nixon was re-elected as the 37th president of the United States.

Although he has never been considered one of America's most charismatic presidents,

he won one of the greatest landslides in American history.

He defeated Democrat George McGovern in 49 out of 50 states

and had a wider margin of victory in the popular vote percentage than anything enjoyed by

Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama.

Nixon had reached the pinnacle of his career, and yet this record-breaking campaign had also

planted the seeds of a spectacular downfall.

That June, a group of operatives were arrested after a burglary into the Democratic National

headquarters at the Watergate Hotel.

In time, it was revealed that these operatives were connected to Nixon's re-election campaign

and that Nixon had personally conspired to cover up the entire affair.

The Watergate scandal would go on to consume Nixon's second term.

In the end, Nixon would resign a disgrace on August 9,

1974. Despite his numerous accomplishments, fairly or unfairly, the scandal would define Nixon's

place in American history. Richard Nixon and Watergate continue to fascinate the American

people. In today's episode,

we are pleased to have Michael Dobbs, author of the new book, King Richard, Nixon, and Watergate,

an American tragedy, to discuss this fascinating event in presidential history.

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