As he entered his second term, Nixon’s approval rating stood at 68 percent.1 “I don’t think the country is all that stirred up” about Watergate, Nixon told Colson on February 3, 1973. “What do you think?” Colson answered, “No. Oh, God, no, the country is bored with it….The Watergate issue has never been a public issue. It’s a Washington issue. It’s a way to get at us. It’s the way Democrats think they can use to embarrass us.”
