nor of California in 1962, but had never been a locally active politician and his years in Washington had made him out of touch with the situation in California. He lost firmly to incumbent Pat Brown. In a press conference shortly after the results were announced Nixon berated the media for giving him a hard time since the Hiss case. He also urged greater fairness in political coverage, and claimed that this would be his last press conference. "You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore," he said. He later took a job as a Wall Street lawyer, but he soon became tired of the private life and went back to the campaign trail in 1966. After a grueling four-continent tour during which he familiarized himself with foreign affairs Nixon was back in the electoral race again, running for president a second time in 1968. He avoided the issue of the Vietnam War, stating only that he would find an "honorable end" to it. He let the Democrats go in depth on the issue of the Vietnam War, further setting himself apart by running on a "Law and Order" campaign blaming America's most visible problems on the liberal Democrats. Nixon's appeal to the "forgotten Americans," people who felt themselves ignored in the upheavals of the sixties, brought him a close victory over Hubert Humphrey.Upon election, Nixon pledged that he would bring America together. As president, he concentrated mostly on foreign affairs, hoping to bring about a generation of peace and a New World order. Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and John Erhlichman, a top campaign official and one of Nixon's closest advisors, handled much of domestic policy and shielded Nixon from many of the daily details of the administration. This left Nixon to concentrate on foreign policy. He often by-passed the Defense and State Departments, instead working closely with National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, a former Harvard professor and newcomer to official foreign policy circles.The Vietnam Wa...
