in 1968 late in the game California Governor Ronald Reagan put his name into consideration at the Republican National Convention, getting strong support from Southern Conservatives, Nixon had to go on bended knee to Senator Strom Thurmond to help keep the south in line and save him from a Reagan overthrow, as a result Thurmond got to draw up the VP short list, and both Thurmond and Nixon met with every member of the Southern delegations to hold it together of Tricky Dick, but what if Reagan was just a little bit stronger, what if the only way Nixon could sow up the nomination was with Ronald Wilson Reagan on the ticket?