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1952. Eisenhower doesn't run for whatever reason. Taft gets the Republican nomination. Who do you think is the likeliest running mate?

Douglas MacArthur? Was being touted heavily as the choice, although he was already 72, and would probably get a hefty portion of the population out to vote against him.

Joseph McCarthy? Was at his height of popularity, I believe, and young, and a veteran. But same problem as MacArthur with his hawkish reputation. Also, would Taft choose another Senator?

Some other very conservative Senator? Styles Bridges (NH), Ralph Brewster (ME), Bourke Hickenlooper (IO)?

Or someone more liberal, to placate the Dewey-moderate wing? Wouldn't be Dewey...

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr?

Harold Stassen?

Richard Nixon?
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