1952: Truman runs for re-election

Which kind trick could he have had pulled out of his hat? Complete victory in Korea? Then turning Eisenhower into the 1950s Republican Wesley Clark? I know this is hard to imagine what about an a Stevenson/LBJ ticket at the 1956 election? Would those two then face-off against a Nixon/?? ticket?

/Fred
 
Mcarthur keeping his mouth shut or maybe nerves of steel and just sitting it out hoping for victory in Korea. Truman pulled it off before. How about Eisenhower opting for the Democrats and becoming the Vice Presidential candidate
 
He probably replaces Barkley, who at this point was quite old. Eisenhower might've taken the VP slot, but probably not. My guess is it would have been Kefauver. Or, Gen. Ridgway.

Taft is probably the Republican nominee. He loses.
(Slight chance of MacArthur being the nominee, but I sort of doubt it).

Stevenson/Johnson is not a bad guess in '56... although I rather think it's Harriman/Johnson. The McCarthyites, however, have not imploded as they have in OTL, because they have taken on the stronger role of critic of the Democratic administration, rather than the far right extreme of the more moderate centrist Republican party. So it's very possible we could see a McCarthyite, maybe even McCarthy himself, or Knowland, nominated on the GOP side.

Of course, it could be a more moderate candidate, depending on how badly they lost with Taft. Possibilities: Lodge, Stassen, Warren. Probably Warren (biggest state).

One immediate interesting possibility: It is suspected that one of the strongest reasons Lodge lost to Kennedy in the 52 Senate race is because Lodge was Eisenhower's campaign manager. Take away that distraction, and Lodge might win... butterflying away JFK at least in the immediate term.
 
Mcarthur keeping his mouth shut or maybe nerves of steel and just sitting it out hoping for victory in Korea. Truman pulled it off before. How about Eisenhower opting for the Democrats and becoming the Vice Presidential candidate

You mean Eisenhower could have been the runningmate of Truman in a 1952 election?
 
Which kind trick could he have had pulled out of his hat? Complete victory in Korea? Then turning Eisenhower into the 1950s Republican Wesley Clark? I know this is hard to imagine what about an a Stevenson/LBJ ticket at the 1956 election? Would those two then face-off against a Nixon/?? ticket?

/Fred

If Truman were to win in the early primaries and get the nomination he would be defeated in November by either Eisenhauer or Taft, and it wouldn't even be close. No way would Ike be Truman's VP,
 
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