tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post8741436126403060411..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: May 8, 1973Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-21188187236842028802013-05-09T12:07:18.793-05:002013-05-09T12:07:18.793-05:00I suspect that this is all but impossible to quant...I suspect that this is all but impossible to quantify, but I'd sure like to know what percentage of the tape-time is devoted to Watergate matters. It sure seems like the percentage would be pretty high. Which would suggest that Nixon et al. were spending a lot of time protecting themselves, time they wouldn't have needed to spend had they *not* been crooks. (I know, I k now, we already know that it was consuming their time and attention, but tht economist in me likes numbers...)<br /><br />On the other hand, having Nixon distracted from actually governing was probably a good thing.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com