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Don't be to sure about Nixon. After all, he did serve as Secretary of State during the last two years of Reagan's term and during Bush's first term.

WOW: 37. George Wallace / Curtis LeMay (American Independent): 1969-1973 38. Eugene McCarthy / George McGovern (Anti War): 1973-1977 39. James Buckley / Ronald Reagan (Conservative Party): 1977-1981 40. John Anderson / Patrick Lucey (Independent): 1981-1989 41. Patrick Lucey / Lowell Weicker...

George Bush's did for sure as the success of it (though one could say he benefited from the long term effects of Kennedy economically) forced the Democrats to pivot toward the center, hence Sam Nunn winning the Democratic nomination and the General election against Jack Kemp in 1992. Johnson...

Carter winning 1980 means the Democrats keep the Senate that year, only to lose it in 1982. The economy from 1981-1982 more or less goes the same way as Volcker is still Fed Chairman, thought the Deficit would be lower without the Kemp Roth Tax Cut. Tensions between the US and the USSR are...

It would hinder the Great Society and we might not have seen Universal Health Care come about in 1969. Johnson's Presidency would be much more of a mixed bag if not seen as a failure had he gone into Vietnam. Today he's seen as a second FDR, despite a slight economic downturn from late...

TR wins the general election in 1912 as a Republican, wins in 1916 and a Democrat wins in 1920, is re elected in 1924, and another Democrat is elected in 1928 only to get caught holding the bag when the depression hits. After a string of Conservative Republicans lose in the 1920s, a progressive...

Ford was also an unelected President that was thrust into the Presidency at a difficult time both economically and with regards to trust in Government and still managed to leave things better than he found them. I think IITL and probably even in OTL, the Ford Presidency would look damn good...

I wrote a Timeline on this less than 6 months after I became a member of this site. I think it's very plausible that Ford does as he did consider it and I doubt the GOP would back Reagan again if he were to lose to Carter in 76, especially if the loss is decisive. Ford could say he left the...

50/50. Dewey and Stevenson get renominated and lost, but on the other hand Nixon did and won.

Another thing to consider is what becomes of Dan Quayle? Does he get re elected to the Senate in 1992? If he does how long does he stay there?

Probably sets Kemp up nicely for 1996 or 2000 if he still wants to be President. I don't think a different VP gives Bush another term though. I agree with @Calcaterra that it gives Bush more credibility among movement Conservative types than Quayle did.

Carter was that bad of a candidate in the general, which is baffling because he did the primaries brilliantly, and Ford ran a pretty good campaign despite anything and everything going against him. Plus, the economy (abet slowly) was starting to rebound in 1976.

One wonders what would've become of the GOP had Nixon lost. Do the Rockefeller Republicans get control finally after getting shut out of the nomination in both 64 and 68 only to see the Democrats win the General in both of those years, or doe the Reaganites?

If Nixon goes down in '68, you can bet there will be a power struggle in the GOP between the Rockefeller Republicans and the Goldwater/Reaganite Republicans. Nixon bridged the divide between the two camps and if he goes down, both are gonna fight to move the party in their direction and get...

His run as show runner would be even wackier than the Scully era (1997-2001) was in some respects, but it would also have some serious themes as well.

Butterflies could make Cuomo run in 1992.

One Six year term as Opposed to Two Four Year Terms: 33. Harry Truman (Democratic): 1945-1955 Def. 1948: Thomas Dewey (Republican), Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat) 34. Dwight Eisenhower (Republican): 1955-1961 Def. 1954: Adlai Stevenson (Democratic) 35. John Kennedy (Democratic): 1961-1967 Def...

The only way I see that happening is if Hart gets nominated in 84 and loses AND he either gets nominated again in 1988 or someone like Clinton or Gore does and they lose to Bush. In that case a New Deal liberal would get nominated in 1992 and would most likely be President.

Hart still loses but not as badly as Mondale (sad Mondale did as badly as he did because I think he'd have been a good President). Reagan was just not beatable that year. With that said, if Hart has a respectable showing, 1984 might be seen as a trial run for 1988 and he could, if his affairs...

Jeb also had Katrina and a pretty wacky cabinet in his first two years in office. Plus, some his hard right stances on Social issues (stem cell research ban, pushing a constitutional amendment to define marriage between one man and one woman) hurt him with moderates and Iraq was noticeably...