Recent content by Paul V McNutt

Please, would you explain your reasoning, Paul? I think we've laid out cogent arguments as to why this wouldn't be the case (Palin's too much of an obvious counter to Hillary, so it's tactless, etc.) but if you could adequately explain thoughts to the contrary, I'd be glad to hear 'em. McCain...

I still see McCain winning the Republicsn nomination in 2008. ITTL he is more likely to pick Palin as his running mate.

By 2000, Hillary had 7 years as Assistant President, 12 years as Assistant Governor and 2 years as Assistant State Attorney General. She had worked 2 campaigns for President, 6 campaigns for Governor and 1 campaign for State Attorney General. She was also the point person for health care reform...

It would be a major change if presidents could not run for reelection,

I am extending the life of James Earl Carter Sr., the father of Jimmy Carter. OTL he died on July 22, 1953 at the age of 58 and the future President decided to leave the Navy and come home to run the family farm and peanut warehouse. ITTL I have the senior Carter live four score and ten years...

I think Hillary is still Secretary of State.

What would change? It depends on when it happens. Earlier in 1973 would change nothing. Gerald Ford would still be the ideal candidate. If it is fall 1972, it hurts Nixon but does not defeat him. He beats McGovern 55 percent to 43 percent. McGovern carries Massachusttes, Rhode Island, District...

While Tsongas loses ClInton's Southern support, he wins some Perot support. He wins the 1992 general election. How long does he live?

Like I said I don't think Kennedy could let South Vietnam fall. I also think South Vietnam would have been in trouble sometime 1964 - 1967. So we would have had a Vietnam War under a surviving Kennedy.

I enjoyed the book as I have enjoyed Greenfiled's other alternative histories. I thought we could discuss it and offer our own theories about a surviving John Kennedy. He starts with an interesting POD. It rains in Dallas on November 22, 1963, so the bubble top is put on the top of the limo. I...

I see a civil war.

In 1992, as a Clinton volunteer, I got to meet and chat with the candidate. I learned that he didn' like Jerry Brown. I assume the feelings were mutual. So I don't see a Brown Clinton ticket.

Goering was designated as Hitler's successor in 1941, but Himmler may even try to grab power for himself using the SS. i agree and the power struggle hurts the German war effort.

Franz Ferdinand is still attacked by a Serbian terrorist. So nothing changes.

One interesting butterfly is that Sadaam Hussein never comes to power. There is no Persian Gulf War of 1991. President George HW Bush does not get his surge of popularity. Dick Gephardt runs and probably wins in 1992. There is no President Clinton. So Hillary does not get her political career...