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And now finally, i know that you wonder, whether or not i am going to stay on the republican ticket or resign. let me say this. i don't believe that i ought to quit. because i'm not a quitter. and incidentally, pat's not a quitter. but the decision, my friends, is not mine. and i'm going to ask you to help wire and write the republican national committee whether you think i should stay on or whether i should get off. and whatever their decision is, i will abide by it. ♪ >> all those in favor of nixon continuing as a candidate will say aye! >> aye! >> he is not only completely

>> you're going to have dick nixon. >> with faith in america and in her people i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's the centennial convention of the republican party. 100 years since the nomination of lincoln. it's come now from abraham lincoln to richard nixon. ♪ everyone is voting for jack ♪ 'cause he's got what all the rest lack ♪ ♪ everyone wants to back jack ♪ jack is on the right track ♪ 'cause he's got high hopes

>> he's been downtown in his suite at the sheraton blackstone watching on television looking at us looking at him looking at us. >> could we have a word from mrs. nixon, please? >> i still feel it's all a dream. when i was teaching school 20 years ago, i never knew that this event would happen tonight. >> mr. vice president, why do you want to be president of the united states? >> these lights are a little warm. i think this nation has a destiny. i think every individual has a destiny. >> richard nixon. >> and i am convinced that if america does not give the world, the free world, the leadersh...

Know how to select the man for president that the times need and that the country needs. >> we want nixon! >> 100 hands go up with the peace sign which nixon himself has been using in the campaign. >> our great presidents have really articulated what people felt at the time. and it was because they were a representative of the tide of the times that they were president. >> mr. president -- mr. vice president -- you almost convinced me there for a moment. >> john f. kennedy becomes president-elect of the united states. >> just think how much you're going to be missed. you won't have nixon to ki...

Now begins the exquisite agony of waiting to see how it all turned out. >> the very first returns are now beginning to pour in. >> and it is a very close race indeed as you see on the board. 415,000 votes for nixon with 2% of the nation's precincts counted. and for nixon he's leading in states that would give him 173 electoral votes. it is just neck and neck. let's see how the ibm 7090 is looking at these returns this early in the evening. going over to the ibm data center and howard k. smith. >> the first forecast that we can make is with 1% of the nation's precincts reporting the trim indica...