The president channels Nixon and revives his 2016 campaign persona with Pelosi over his shoulder. : Analysis Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events THE BIG IDEA: During his State of the Union on Jan. 30, 1974, seven months before he resigned, Richard Nixon appealed to Congress to stop probing him and his reelection campaign. “I believe the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end,” he said.