Nope. To borrow a quote from Wikipedia: "by identifying himself with a policy whose purpose was inflation's defeat, Nixon made it difficult for Democratic oppo

Nope. To borrow a quote from Wikipedia: "by identifying himself with a policy whose purpose was inflation's defeat, Nixon made it difficult for Democratic opponents ... to criticize him. His opponents could offer no alternative policy that was either plausible or believable since the one they favored was one they had designed but which the president had appropriated for himself." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#Economy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#Economy I guess the 1970's Democrats were also not left wing?