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"There were alot of Republicans who were more than willing to put the knife into Nixon's back, Bob Woodward being one of them. I would not be terribly shocked if Deep Throat is a composite of Al Haig, Mark Felt, and a variety of other insiders, especially on the military, law enforcement side, who felt comfortable with Woodward because of his background."

Aye. While the Left hated Nixon because he brought down Alger Hiss, the Right hated Nixon for a whole host of reasons, including:

1. Getting us out of Vietnam
2. Opening up China
3. Giving us the EPA
4. Giving us Affirmative Action

...And the list goes on.

It's quite conceivable that someone who favored the Right brought Nixon down to prevent the GOP from moving any further to the Left.

Regardless, it worked out that way for us in the end; be it by design or by default.

I agree with you 100% that the Right, as much as the Left, brought an end to Nixon's presidency, but I think it is of some importance to consider the office that Felt held and the seriousness of the second-in-command at the FBI undertaking to weaken the presidency (whoever the president happens to be). If the head of the FBI had not chosen to 'take the fall' for the most serious misjudgements made by the Administration, prior to the Iraq War, 'W' would have been seriously weakened. I was glad you brought up Alger Hiss and Nixon's role in ultimately bringing Soviet Agent Ales to heel, and I make reference to this in post #413 in connection with Felt. It is clear enough that Bernstein was an acolyte of Hiss by virtue of his father's indoctrinations, and it is a bit disconcerting that he in particular should have been a party to the 'Felt Coverup'. Motivation is always important in assessing the relative importance of Right and Left in Nixon's downfall, and I think the real passion was with the Left (as it was in Vietnam unfortunately) whereas the Right, in this case, played a default option that suddenly became open to those who opposed Nixon for all of the reasons you mentioned.