Justin, and y'all, Joan Hoff, a New Left historian (as they used to be called) wrote a book, "Nixon Reconsidered, " that portrays him as the last Progressive president.
Was that the thesis of, "Nixon Agonistes, " by Garry Wills? The baroque style of that book made me stop after 50 pgs. (But, then I loved, Murray Kempton.) Michael Pugliese