Hello, I’m new here. But I wanted to post my first thing here. I don’t care how you do it but I want to see how Muskie could’ve become president.
an early Watergate-esque investigation.
It's okay to cry if the President does it!President Muskie cries during a Presidential Address! Revolutionizing presidential masculinity!
But the thing that has to be considered is that its unlikely that Humphrey would win a second term unless he really did a good job of ending Vietnam and rallying the Democrats. Even though Nixon won re-election in a landslide, that was more because people didn't like George McGovern, and doesn't reflect Nixon's actual popularity. Likewise, I would think that a moderate to liberal Republican could have defeated Humphrey in 1972. Thus, it's unlikely that Vice President Muskie would ascend to the Presidency, but he could still run in 1976 or 1980.His getting it by Humphrey-Muskie winning in 1968 and Humphrey dying or resigning in office is IMO the most plausible.
POD: JFK is stopped on the first ballot at the Democratic national........
The Democratic national ticket narrowly wins. Then, three years later in Dallas...
Butterfly effect. Why does Dallas still happen ITTL? Apparently on the same date even?