| Watergate | Travelgate | |
| How it started | Third rate burglary | Third rate contract scam |
| First to fall | James McCord | Georgia Thompson |
| Arrogant spokesman | Ron Ziegler | Anson Kaye |
| Marauding prosecutor | Archibald Cox | Steve Biskupic |
| Aggressive media | Washington Post | Madison’s Channel 27 |
| Why it was a big deal | Pattern of abuses | Pattern of abuses |
| Defining physical trait | five o’clock shadow | five o’clock shadow |
| Low level operative | Donald Segretti | Katie Boyce |
| High level operative | John Mitchell | Marc Marotta |
| Insider who knows all | Haldeman and Ehrlichman | Susan Goodwin |
| Turning point | Discovery of the tapes | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee building lawsuit |
| Whistle-blower | John Dean | none (yet) |
| Inept early opponent | McGovern | Green |
| Revealing statement | "I am not a crook" | "I’m not going to answer that" |
| Weirdest participant | G. Gordon Liddy | Peg Lautenschlager |
| Election result | Victory | Too close to call |
| Ultimate outcome | Resignation | We’ll find out in ‘07 |
(by Mark Belling)
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