Mario Cuomo runs and wins in 1992. There--mission accomplished!It is something that has never happened, but could have happened and might happen in the future. What can be done to get one at any time??? Bonus points if before Kennedy.
That's too much crooked in one ticket!Trump-Traficant 2016!(OK, Traficant was dead by then. But if he wasn't...)
Him in '92?I cant believe that this is the 6th post and nobody's mentioned Mario Cuomo yet! Also, I'm sure @Gentleman Biaggi could create a scenario where m a r i o b i a g g i ends up in the Oval Office.
Maybe if you have FDR die in his second term or something so La Guardia can run on the legacy of FDR against the Democrats under President Garner.The problem is that La Guardia didn't achieve necessary prominence until the 1930s, which more or less coincided with the entire New Deal era. So unless FDR dies before he can run 1940 it's hard to see La Guardia as part of a winning ticket. He died in 1947 of pancreatic cancer so there's no real way to extend his political viability.
ITYM Massachusetts governor John Volpe.Very surprised nobody mentioned Nixon's second choice as a running mate: Rhode Island senator John Volpe. It might not have taken very much to have him chosen instead of Agnew.
Al Smith, the Democrat candidate in 1928, was Italian-American. His father anglicized his name from Ferraro to Smith.It is something that has never happened, but could have happened and might happen in the future. What can be done to get one at any time??? Bonus points if before Kennedy.
this would be a fascinating TL.Maybe if you have FDR die in his second term or something so La Guardia can run on the legacy of FDR against the Democrats under President Garner.
Needs to be post 1945. Anti Catholicism was a bit to strong to make a Italian ancestored candidate a good pick. There were still Catholic hating diatribes common in 1960 concerning Kennedys candidacy.
La Guardia was an Episcopalian. (Weird that there have been two half-Jewish Episcopalians from Arizona backgrounds who could potentially have become president...)
Would picking Rodino hurt Carter in the Midwest?There was talk of having Peter Rodino as Carter's running mate in 1976:
"In 1976, Jimmy Carter considered Mr. Rodino as a running mate. ''Tippy called me all excited, saying I was at the top of the list,'' Mr. Rodino said. ''I said, 'No, I'm not. I like what I'm doing and you need me where I am, as chairman of Judiciary.' Tippy was surprised. So was Carter.'"
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/27/nyregion/after-40-years-making-the-law-rodino-now-teaches-it.html
(It might have been enough to enable Carter to carry NJ, which Ford narrowly won in OTL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976)
Would picking Rodino hurt Carter in the Midwest?
fair point.I doubt it. After all, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio have large Italian-American communities.
No doubt choosing Mondale helped Carter in MN. But Carter's margin there was so large that he could easily have won the state without Mondale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota,_1976