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Just what it says. Eisenhower stays 100% out of politics in 1952. He never runs for President. What takes place?

LBJ thought about not running for President in 64. So he makes good on those thoughts. Who runs, who wins? Democrats, Humphrey, RFK, any one else? Republicans, Goldwater, Rockfeller, Nixon, Scranton, Lodge. Any one else ? LBJ how quiet is he during the Democratic primary?

A few questions. Theodore Rosevelt is healthy and is alive in 1920. He runs in 1920 and 1924. Who is his VEEP? Who does he run against in both elections? Any chance Wilson could get nominated against TR in 20? And finally who gets the nominations in 28?

Has any one read the book" Custer At the Alamo"? Just a guess by me. If the Alamo got 250 more men armed with weapons way in the advance of the Brown Bess , wouldn't Crockett and company get a victory?

The new College football season is upon us. There is a lot of talk about Alabama being the first college football team in the modern era (1970-) to win three National Championships in a row. Something I believe only Army , 1944-1946 has ever did. My what if is this. In 1996 the University of...

So Theodore Roosevelt is elected in 1920. His health is fine. So who is his VP? Who are the members of his cabinet? ( I doubt if Fall is the head of Interior) Does FDR run against him has VP?

What are the consquences if Lewis and Clark discover gold on their expedition? Say either in Montana, or they hear a rumor and go cross country to the Black Hills. Another possibility Zeb Pike discovers gold in Colorado.

JFK survives Dallas in 63. But LBJ is acting President the rest of the term. JFK does not run in 64. LBJ runs and wins big. In 68 JFK wants his job back. Vietnam is bad but not the mess like it was. So who wins? What did JFK do between 64-68? How does HHH and RFK fit in all of this? Nixon?

Thinking about Hillary vs Biden in 16 got me to thinking about this What if? JFK does not die in 63. JFK and LBJ win easily in 64. RFK becomes Secretary of Defense. Vietnam ends up like North Korea, two solid different nations. But there is peace by 67. So who wins in 68 LBJ or RFK and...

In 1948 Truman was very unpopular for some time. There was talk about getting General Eisenhower to run has a Democrat in his place. FDR's kids wanted that to happen. So say Ike runs has a Democrat say he picks Eleanor Roosevelt to be his VEEP candidate? Does Dewey still get the GOP nod? I...

Say Bob Taft does not die of cancer in 1953. The 1950's go pretty much the way they did in real time. By 1960 Bob Taft is right at 70 years old. He is where Bob Dole was in 1996. Taft had been running for president since 1940. He runs against Nixon in the GOP primaries. Who wins? Why. How...

Lets say Ford beats Carter in 1976. For the most part things go about the same. Inflation, Iran, etc. So in 1980 Reagan vs Kennedy who wins and why? Or does some one else sneak in?

How do the Zealots win at Masada?

Can the members out here help me out? I would like to acquire AH movies, films, tv series etc. Can you give me ones you know of. I can think of three 1. Fatherland. 2. The Final Countdown. 3. TV series, Time Tunnel. Thanks.

Did any one else watch Morning Joe yesterday (3-9-11)? Jeff Greenfield was on talking about his new AH book. He was supposed to be on very briefly. But it turned into a pretty good discussion on WI. Pat Buchanan had some good thoughts on how Nixon would have reacted if RFK would have lived...

In 1948 LBJ ran in a very tough race for the US Senate in Texas. He ran against a very popular Governor Coke Stevenson. Both sides pulled dirty tricks to get the Democratic party nomination. Which meant at that time you would be the winner of the November election. LBJ won and the rest is...

Many aspects of the first new deal were ruled unconstitutional. My what if is this. Say none of the first new deal was ruled un constitutional. What would America be like today? How would the USA be changed from 1935 to today? Who would be the leaders? How would the GOP and the...

On May 4th, 1963 Governor Nelson Rockfeller of New York married Happy Murphy. Rockfeller was 54 and Murphy was 36. They both had children from a previous marriage. Rockfeller had been divorced for around a year and Murphy roughly one month. At that time Rockfeller was the leading candidate...

In the last 3 or 4 months what are the new AH books that have came out? Or are going to come out?

At one time I heard that Guns of the South the novel by Harry Turtledove was being turn into a movie. Does any one have any information on this? If so how do you think it will do? With Obama has President today and the Tea Party having some racism problems would this movie show some of the...