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I can’t pinpoint precisely when presidential politics turned into a game, but I can tell you who owns the casino.

Flashback: Halfway through the Nixon v. McGovern campaign of 1972 â€" ancient history, but bear with me â€" Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Los Angeles prepared to answer reporters’ questions about the Vietnam War, Nixon’s new economic policy and a host of other major issues (including the Watergate break-in five months earlier). Instead, the first question asked by a local TV reporter was whether the vice president was planning to run for president in 1976.

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