12 years later, Ford is president again?

So as some of you may or may not know, Reagan was planning on having Ford be on the ticket for VP in 80. That got canned for various reasons and the rest is history.

However, what if it had happened? Assume everything else went down the way it did in the OTL. Would then Vice President Ford have sought another term as President in his own right? Would he have won? (We know Bush did)
 
So as some of you may or may not know, Reagan was planning on having Ford be on the ticket for VP in 80. That got canned for various reasons and the rest is history.

However, what if it had happened? Assume everything else went down the way it did in the OTL. Would then Vice President Ford have sought another term as President in his own right? Would he have won? (We know Bush did)

In 1988, at 75? I'd think there'd be too many young Republicans who'd want to see someone else in the White House at that point. Bush himself was runner-up in 1980 and he'd probably make a second-run for the nomination that year.
 

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Something more interesting might be the Ford VP idea, followed up by a successful Reagan assassination.

Quite true. Perhaps Reagan making more of an effort to sell the idea to Ford, followed by a more lucky Hinckley. Really, the least St. Ronnie :rolleyes: is allowed to sow the seeds of the present economic disaster, the better.
 
So as some of you may or may not know, Reagan was planning on having Ford be on the ticket for VP in 80. That got canned for various reasons and the rest is history.

However, what if it had happened? Assume everything else went down the way it did in the OTL. Would then Vice President Ford have sought another term as President in his own right? Would he have won? (We know Bush did)

Welcome Wildcard.

Reagan thought of the idea, but it was far from being a realistic plan. Ford thought the idea was a bad and unworkable one and he rejected it emphatically. Having said that, had Reagan-Ford won in '80 & '84, Ford would not, repeat - not run for a full term as POTUS in '88. Now, if Hinckley shoots Reagan as per OTL and he dies in TTL, then President (again) Ford may run again in '84 (he would not be elegible to run in '88).
 
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