Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei rārangi - I te tau 1968, e rua ngā hoariri matua o te tīkiti Nixon-Agnew. Ko te Rōpū Manapori, i tētahi hui
I whakapouritia e ngā whakakitenga nanakia, kua tohua e te Perehitini Tuarua a Hubert Humphrey me te Kaunihera o Maine a Edmund Muskie hei kaikawe i a rātau. Ko te Kawana o mua o Alabama, a George Wallace, i rere hei kaitono tuatoru, a i whakaarohia kia pai tana mahi i te Deep South. Ko Nixon, e mahara ana ki nga herenga i whakapau kaha ai ia hei hoa whakahaere a Eisenhower i te 1952 me te 1956, i whakatauhia kia nui ake te mana o Agnew me te maarama ko tana hoa whakahaere tana tautoko. Ka taea hoki e Agnew te whai hua ki te mahi i te "kanohi whakaeke", pera i a Nixon i te tau 1952.