Republicans (led by George Bush) jumped to Nixon's defense immediately after Nixon fired Cox: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/23/archives/parties-chairmen-split-on-legality-strauss-assails-and-bush-defends.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/23/archives/parties-chairmen-split-on-legality-strauss-assails-and-bush-defends.html?