policies. his running mate theodore nathan of brand new libertarian party. made nathan the first woman ever to receive an electoral vote. nixon administration was implodeling. first vice president spur row ago gu resigned amidst charges. >> moderate congressman gerald ford ascended into presidency when the watergate scandal claimed nixon himself. >> it was my in the past few days, however, it has become ever dent to me that i no longer have a strong enough political base in the congress to justify continuing that effort. >> the momentum the conservative movement had worked for a decade.