AH Challenge: President George Wallace

Can you make George Wallace become elected president in 1968? Bonus points if you can get him elected in 1972 or 1976, double bonus points if you can have him get re-elected in 1972 or 1976, and triple points if you can get him to beat LBJ for the nomination in 1964 and win the election.
 
Not a win in 1968, but it could easily go to the House. How? Bipartisan consensus on race. Nixon wrote an article in Time advocating economic development, PPP's, and private involvement in urban dev. This is in essence Robert Kennedy's own proposals on the subject. The press didn't spin it that way, but the effect on both campaigns would be *interesting*. As much so as the OTL October Surprise or "Are you better off..." If both are their party's nominees, it goes to the House, where Nixon is picked by the Dixiecrats. Of course, the South probably defects as per OTL to the GOP, and RFK's '76 chances go from slam-dunk to squeaker.
 
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