I was wondering what a Nixon presidency in the 80s would look like, and the circumstances that would conspire to create such a scenario.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to craft a scenario with a POD of no earlier than 1960 wherein Richard Nixon is POTUS during the 1980s.
Preferably, he should serve two terms. I also ask that you describe the course of his administration and its effects.
For those concerned about Nixon's age, it is worth noting that Nixon was actually two years younger than Reagan, and that as far as I know, he never had the aging problems that Reagan did.
Lastly, Nixon must be elected no earlier than the 1976 election, so no, you can't have him be elected in 1972 and be in the Oval Office for the first 20 days of 1980.