1981-1989 Reagan-Ford Co-Presidency?

Wouldn't that-you know-violate the Constitution ?

I think it would be unofficial, with Ford as Vice-President while Reagan is President but Ford is very influential in policy and has veto power over certain areas. I doubt it would be very feasible though.
 
I honestly think Ford would step down after one term if he did for whatever reason accept Reagan's offer to be VP. I just don't see it working.
 
something like that would work up until the first disagreement they had (so maybe like 2-3 months in tops) and Reagan pulled out the, "well I'm the actual president so I automatically win" card. Ford probably wouldn't even stay the whole first term.
 
something like that would work up until the first disagreement they had (so maybe like 2-3 months in tops) and Reagan pulled out the, "well I'm the actual president so I automatically win" card. Ford probably wouldn't even stay the whole first term.

This could happen to, if this does this hurts Reagan going into 1984, although if the economy goes as OTL and the Democrats run a campaign like OTL, Reagan would still win, just by less of a margin.
 
IF I remember correctly Ford was also insisting that Kissinger would be Secretary of State.

I also heard that that was the case when the whole "Dream ticket" idea was in the works. One thing is certain though, with Ford being in his late 70s in 1988, the Republican nomination that year is still going to go to Bush, if not him, Bob Dole.
 
something like that would work up until the first disagreement they had (so maybe like 2-3 months in tops) and Reagan pulled out the, "well I'm the actual president so I automatically win" card. Ford probably wouldn't even stay the whole first term.
This. From what I understand Ford didn't particularly like Reagan, in part because Ford felt his loss in 1976 was partly due to Reagan nearly primarying him. Ford was also much more moderate than Reagan, so as you said there would be plenty of policy disagreements between them. In short it would have been like the relationship between JFK and LBJ. However I think Ford would have stayed on for the full term, if only to avoid creating controversy. Only two VP have ever resigned: John C. Calhoun in 1832 (who was incredibly ill-tempered and dogmatic, so basically the opposite of Ford) and Spiro Agnew in 1973 (to avoid criminal charges), so there's not much precedent. However Ford would almost certainly not accept any offers to be on the ticket in 1984.
 
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