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President [[Richard Nixon]] was deeply involved in the strategy of ''[[Detente]]'', the plan to end [[Cold War]] tensions which led to the "winless wars" of [[Korean War|Korea]] and [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] when he came up for reelection in 1972.  He was unanimously renominated by the [[Republican]] party for reelection as president.  The [[Democratic]] nominee after a bitter battle was [[George McGovern]], and initially his running mate was [[Thomas Eagleton]], who accepted the nomination despite viciously tearing McGovern's policies apart in an anonymous interview earlier in the year. However, it soon emerged that Eagleton was mentally unstable, which resulted in him being removed from the ticket and replaced by [[Sargent Shriver]]. McGovern's already minuscule chances of winning the race vanished after this incident.

President [[Richard Nixon]] was deeply involved in the strategy of ''[[Detente]]'', the plan to end [[Cold War]] tensions which led to the "winless wars" of [[Korean War|Korea]] and [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] when he came up for reelection in 1972.  He was unanimously renominated by the [[Republican]] party for reelection as president.  The [[Democratic]] nominee after a bitter battle was [[George McGovern]], and initially his running mate was [[Thomas Eagleton]], who accepted the nomination despite viciously tearing McGovern's policies apart in an anonymous interview earlier in the year. However, it soon emerged that Eagleton had a history of mental instability, which resulted in him being removed from the ticket and replaced by [[Sargent Shriver]]. McGovern's already minuscule chances of winning the race vanished after this incident.

The campaign was rough and although Nixon remained popular, during the campaign the Democratic headquarters of Watergate were broken into.  However it was small at the time compared to the vandalism being perpetrated on Republican headquarters in Wisconsin <ref>http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=republican%20headquarters%20vandalized&img=\\na0024\4133037\17916816.html</ref> and other states.{{fact|January=2008}}  

The campaign was rough and although Nixon remained popular, during the campaign the Democratic headquarters of Watergate were broken into.  However it was small at the time compared to the vandalism being perpetrated on Republican headquarters in Wisconsin <ref>http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=republican%20headquarters%20vandalized&img=\\na0024\4133037\17916816.html</ref> and other states.{{fact|January=2008}}