Straha
Banned
Al Smith is elected president in 1928-- long odds, but say some late-breaking scandal torched Hoover-- consequences?
Democratic Party never fully recovers.
A Republican Progressive wins in 1932. New Deal more openly on corporatist Italian model. Faster recovery. Worse labor strife. A third reactionary party of Bourbon Democrats and the GOP far right. A popular front type left party with Communist, Socialists, IWW remains, Populist remains, Huey Long's following and Upton's from California plus the CIO. Narrow Congressional majorities with frequent deal making left towards pop front and right towards dems with reactionaries as odd men out except on naval appropriations. Carib block and Liberia run as US protected trade zone.
Unlike FDR, Republicans build navy up to limits ( Big Steel is in their camp). Take a harder line in the Pacific and with Mexico but not in Europe. Softer but not soft line on immigration.
Democratic Party never fully recovers.
A Republican Progressive wins in 1932. New Deal more openly on corporatist Italian model. Faster recovery. Worse labor strife. A third reactionary party of Bourbon Democrats and the GOP far right. A popular front type left party with Communist, Socialists, IWW remains, Populist remains, Huey Long's following and Upton's from California plus the CIO. Narrow Congressional majorities with frequent deal making left towards pop front and right towards dems with reactionaries as odd men out except on naval appropriations. Carib block and Liberia run as US protected trade zone.
Unlike FDR, Republicans build navy up to limits ( Big Steel is in their camp). Take a harder line in the Pacific and with Mexico but not in Europe. Softer but not soft line on immigration.