text: Garry Wills called this man the "last liberal" in a book subtitled "The Crisis of the Self-Made Man."
full_question: Garry Wills called this man the "last liberal" in a book subtitled "The Crisis of the Self-Made Man." Howard K. Smith broadcast a premature "political obituary" for this man, who echoed former opponent Manchester Boddy when he claimed that Senate candidate Helen Gahagan Douglas was "pink right down to her underwear." This man claimed that his wife had a "respectable Republican cloth coat" in a speech in which he addressed allegations that he had misused political reimbursement (*) funds and adamantly refused to give up his children's new pet dog. This giver of the "Checkers Speech" appeared sweaty and nervous in a series of four televised debates. For 10 points, name this politician who lost to John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, but won the presidency eight years later.
first_sentence: Garry Wills called this man the "last liberal" in a book subtitled "The Crisis of the Self-Made Man."
raw_answer: Richard Nixon [or Richard Milhous Nixon]