Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 188-011
Date: Thursday, May 18, 1972 at 5:56 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
Recording device: Camp David Hard Wire
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-011

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[0:07] the way we work on members of the Senate and how it may not be as effective as it can be, period.
[0:17] It is quite clear that the opposition, the fiendics, the radicals, et cetera, primarily concentrate not on mail, telephone calls, but on sending delegations and who insist on seeing
[0:36] and then proceed to work him over and get a commitment from him, period.
[0:41] Having been in this spot myself on many occasions, I now know how hard it is to turn one of these groups off without saying something that is favorable to their cause, period.
[0:56] I think you ought to have a discussion in your own shop and also with McGregor.
[1:04] Okay.
[1:06] we can get delegations to the system calling on senators and congressmen so that they can hammer home what we want and get commitments from them.
[1:22] Period.
[1:24] You have to remember that there are many, there are very, very few people with any backbone in the Senator House anymore and that they are really patsies for a group that comes in and
[1:40] What we need are some strong, vigorous people who will act just as effectively as our opponents do in going office to office in groups and trying to get commitments from our point of view.