In retrospect I think Nixon was not as bad as the liberals make him out to be.<<
I am not sure of anything Nixon did that would define him as a Conservative. He did not stop government growth or even slow it down. He started the EPA. He started affirmative action. He instituted wage and price controls. And those who note his inferiority complex to the eastern elites are correct. However, he dealt with it by trying to gain their acceptance instead of laughing in their faces the way Reagan did. it was no coincidence that he retired to New York City intead of Wittier California, where he came from.