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But Nixon’s second term was not going to be a continuation of the first. Even The New York Times noted that the transformation of government demanded by Nixon after his 1972 re-election—his stated intention was to rein in the executive bureaucracy—was as extreme as if an opposition party had won.

Of course they did. They always say that about Republicans. Whether it's true or not is hard to say. Nixon was definitely a political warrior, whether he was really going to be tough on budgets and deficits is another matter.