Bushes stay in CT

[Carpetbagger]

What if George H.W. Bush ( I think....) decides to stay in New England (CT specifically),and not move to Texas how does this effect the history of the Bushes, and the United States?

[proximefactum]

No this is a scary WI. Please, let them leave Connecticut! Let someone else have them!

I think that the Bush clan would have stayed closer to their fiscal Republican roots, rather than venture off into social conservatism.

[RogueBeaver]

How could this occur with a 1970 POD?

[Magniac]

The political axis of the US is still going to move to the South and the West, GHW Bush remaining in the tri-state area isn't going to stop that. There just aren't enough butterflys in a decision made by any individual circa '48 for that not to happen.

Anyway, the Walkers (Poppy's maternal grandparents family) are still going to be a huge influence on GHW, and they're based in Missouri IIRC. He might move there at some point in order to establish some independence from Prescott, particularly if Prescott becomes a big wheel in Connecticut politics as per OTL.

I think a George Bush senior who goes into politics, getting elected in CT after having worked on Wall Street & possibly out in St Louis, is, ideologically, going to look a lot like an earlier version of Mitt Romney, particularly if he's as craven as OT's Bush Sr was in winning over the new power bases in regional America. Hell, Prescott was already moving towards supporting the Goldwater movement when he left the senate in '63, out of his disdain for Rockefeller's moral turpitude...

[glenn67]

I believe that GHWB would win election to political office in Connecticut, maybe elected to Congress in 1962. He would be fiscally conservative, pro Civil Rights, and socially moderate. Bush most likely does not endorse Goldwater in 1964 and stays neutral. He probably is elected to the Senate instead of Lowell Weicker, or waits until Abe Ribicoff retires in 1980 and he defeats Rep Chris Dodd.

During the Reagan administration, he would support Reagan's foreign and defense policies. He would be a deficit hawk and describe some of Reagan's tax cuts as voodoo economics.

If Bush stays in Connecticut, then George W. most likely stays.

[Standard X]

Originally Posted by glenn67

I believe that GHWB would win election to political office in Connecticut, maybe elected to Congress in 1962. He would be fiscally conservative, pro Civil Rights, and socially moderate. Bush most likely does not endorse Goldwater in 1964 and stays neutral. He probably is elected to the Senate instead of Lowell Weicker, or waits until Abe Ribicoff retires in 1980 and he defeats Rep Chris Dodd.

During the Reagan administration, he would support Reagan's foreign and defense policies. He would be a deficit hawk and describe some of Reagan's tax cuts as voodoo economics.

If Bush stays in Connecticut, then George W. most likely stays.

Actually I did a TL on this last year in which I had George Sr. succeding his father Prescott as Senator from Connecticut in 1962 after narrowly Abe Ribicoff in the race. He stays in the Senate for the next 36 years, and his son George W. becomes Governor of Connecticut and his other son still becomes Governor of Florida.

[Dave Howery]

my first question is just why did the Bushes move their in the first place? I doubt it was for political reasons...

[V-J]

Originally Posted by Dave Howery

my first question is just why did the Bushes move their in the first place?

Big bucks to be made in the oil business down in Texas. The fact that it was Texas is a good reason to suppose that electoral politics wasn't at the forefront of Bush's mind when he made the move.

Considering Reagan made his choice of VP more or less on a whim at the last minute, any small change could have big consequences down the line. (Assuming there aren't substantial changes even before then due to butterflies)