I thought so, but I'm getting less and less sure as I see where they stand on policy. I still favor Kerry because he's a better public speaker than Bush. A shallow reason, I know, but when everything else is equal, might as well pick the one that doesn't come off as a gibbering chimp on TV.
Nixon? Let's look at his record:
He ended the draft
Lowered the voting age
Ended the US invasion of Vietnam
Proposed a guaranteed family income
Proposed a nationalized health care system
Instituted racial quotas
Instituted wage and price controls
Created the EPA
Created OSHA
Created the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Attempted to make peace with Brezhnev
Opened friendly relations with Mao.
Hmmm... He's not the guy I would have expected to have done all those things. Maybe I misjudged him...