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Humphrey was only ever a favourite son candidate; I can't even see him securing veep, since his influence was so nominal (at the convention) outside Minnesota. In lieu of the facts surrounding Stevenson (very well stated), I think MacArthur is too obvious a route; can you see him surviving on...

Why can't we pick Stevenson? Seems a bit odd not to include the actual OTL nominee...

Hamlet Finally Kills Claudius, You Know WI Mario Cuomo Ran in 1988? Mario Cuomo (D) 1989-1993 [1] Ross Perot (I/R) 1993-1997 [2] Lynn Morley Martin (R) 1997-2005 [3] John Kerry (D) 2005-2009 Bobby Jindal (R) 2009-2017 Harold Ford, jr (D) 2017-2021 [1] Mario Cuomo's presidency was not a happy...

The knives were already out for poor old Holt. The other referendum proposal in 1967 (an end to the House-Senate nexus) was clobbered; Whitlam had clear ascendancy over him in Parliament; the Voyager inquiry just dragged on and on; and he had a whole pack of hugely ambitious and highly disloyal...

Mate, that's just unbelievable talk. I mean, you can't say stuff like that. (Not anymore, at any rate.) You want to go pissing off the 39th, that's fine, but me? I love Joh, I always have, and I always will. Three-cornered contest: look, get used to it, 37% is a victory whatever way you spin...

That's a silly question to ask. Historical predeterminism shows that the Bjelke-Peterson government was the natural result of Australian history -- nothing else could have happened. After the Whitlam-Cairns government, only Bjelke-Peterson could take Australia back from the brink and restore us...

Well, that's the basic concept of what it's meant to be in OTL. Different Nat/Country leaders have tried to expand its base, most notoriously John McEwen and Joh Bjelke-Peterson. And, in fact, it was that for quite a long time, constantly threatening to jump ship from the Coalition if, for...

Ever since the early 1900s, actually. Every party there has ever been has been factionalised, and the Labor Party is unique only in that, even from the beginning, it's been very pronounced. Really, the first Labor split in NSW was in 1893, just a few years after the party's creation, when many...

Well, just building on what I've already written... Personalities play a major role in shaping history, so by removing the ALP you remove all the quirks and idiosyncracies that went with Hughes, Curtin, Chifley, and Whitlam that ended up making OTL Australia. And I think that'll be...

There was something in What If? (or at least, an Oz book of that name), with the POD of no payment of members of Parliament. See, that means that MPs have to be independently wealthy, so you can't get umbrella-makers like Billy Hughes elected... I think it's an interesting question, and one...

Culbert Olsen, Governor of California 1938-1942, was an atheist. Mind you, he was a pretty terrible governor, so it'd be hard making him president, but... Maybe he gets picked as the VP in 1940, to offset a California vicepresidential pick by Wilkie (Hiram Johnson would be too old, though...)...

Straight outta law school... D v S is perhaps the most famous case in legal history, establishing modern principles of the 'duty of care' owed by manufacturers to avoid harm to their customers. The 'neighbour principle', whereby you must avoid harm towards your neighbours (those who could be...

A brief primer: we have them, too, nominally. Homosexual acts between consenting adults were decriminalised federally by a PMB in 1973 (sponsored by former Liberal PM John Gorton, and backed by Gough). But the British have loose party discipline, and we have really, really, really strict party...

On another note: who would serve in a Buchanan cabinet? His ideas on foreign policy and defence aren't exactly 'mainstream', so the main body of the Republican Party would be relegated to the second tier. Pat Choate might find a place. There aren't that many isolationists in American politics...

OK, other notes (I know I say this a lot, but this has the makings of a rough TL): Labor issues would be a big focus of the administration. Buchanan could have a rough congressional majority based on anti-NAFTA Democrats and loyal Republicans, which could allow him to implement a protectionist...

David, I know I tell you this every time I see you on the forums, but you make my day. My only deep regret is that I never see Wellstone-Bradley, and that I never will... Two minor quibbles, though: I was thinking through running mates last night, and Pete Wilson from California makes more...

But surely Buchanan wouldn't be able to implement an immigration scheme like that? Congress would stonewall to the very end; even conservative Republicans wouldn't stand for something like that. The whole presidency could turn into a vicious and nasty battle between the legislature and the...

Title says it all, pretty much. We tend to forget how well he did -- but winning New Hampshire, 20% of the popular primary vote and outlasting the rest of the contenders indicates a campaign that could have been competitive, if things had fallen the right way. If Dole had decided not to run...

OK. This is intriguing. First up, we need to stop McGovern from getting the nomination, both now and in 1976. Any other liberal candidate would be anathema after McGovern, especially just four years later. And we need a big portion of his support to flow to Chisholm in 1972. Second: she needs...

Interesting footnote: http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/14446.html