How Washington has changed since Watergate

It was President Richard Nixon's decision, which he announced on August 8, 1974, to leave office. But he had little choice. There was near-total agreement in both parties that he had committed some (or all) of what he was accused of: abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and contempt of Congress. 

Fifty years later, would the same thing happen in today's political climate?

"I really find it hard to believe that Nixon would've resigned in an environment like the one we have today," said Brian Rosenwald. As a lecturer about conservative politics at the University of Pennsylvania, Rosenwald has thought about the what-ifs of the Watergate scandal. Nixon, he said, "would have dug in. He would have had enough support to avoid conviction".