Pretty hard to call Nixon a small-government conservative. He was the last of the Rockefeller Republicans (counting Ford as part of his administration). Some Ni

Pretty hard to call Nixon a small-government conservative. He was the last of the Rockefeller Republicans (counting Ford as part of his administration). Some Nixon Admin policies: -Nominating Warren Burger and Harry Blackmun to the Supreme Court, who concurred in Roe v Wade.[0] -Creating subsidies to turn corn into a commodity crop, effectively paying farmers to grow a lot of it[1] -De-coupling the US Dollar from the value of gold and instituting price and wage controls[2] No Republican in any district in 2018 America could get the nomination supporting these policies. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade#Supreme_Court_decision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade#Supreme_Court_deci... [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz#Secretary_of_Agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz#Secretary_of_Agricul... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#Domestic_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#Domestic_policy