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If Henry Wallace's VP nomination had been shot down in '40, it's very likely FDR would've declined re-nomination, and the Democratic ticket that year would've been Cordell Hull and William B. Bankhead.
If Henry Wallace's VP nomination had been shot down in '40, it's very likely FDR would've declined re-nomination, and the Democratic ticket that year would've been Cordell Hull and William B. Bankhead.
(I believe) George W. Bush's #1 choice was George Pataki, that would have change quite a bit.
Hmm, how so, do you think?
(I believe) George W. Bush's #1 choice was George Pataki, that would have change quite a bit.
If Henry Wallace's VP nomination had been shot down in '40, it's very likely FDR would've declined re-nomination, and the Democratic ticket that year would've been Cordell Hull and William B. Bankhead.
In 1992 Bill Clinton selects Bob Kerrey (D) of Nebraska to be his running mate. Governor Ben Nelson of Nebraska selects Bill Hoppner to be the new Senator. Clinton and Kerrey win in 92 and 96 Not much changes. Nebraska is a more moderate state in the 90's. Home town pride helps Kerrey win a close race against Junior Bush in 00. Nebraska a normal red state goes blue for Kerrey. The nonsense of Florida happens but does not matter. Kerrey being a lot smarter than Bush realizes that Bin Laden is a threat. 9-11 never happens, the terrorists are arrested before they can strike. Kerrey being a former navy seal and MOH winner realizes that sending a HUGE army to the middle east is not the way to do things. He sends in the special forces who along with the help of the CIA take out Bin Laden in late 2003. The leader of Iraq Saadam is murdered in a coup set up by the CIA and another strong arm leader takes over. Yet this leader sees the value of being friendly with the USA and normal realtions are started on a trial basics. The tax rates stay the same and their is not massive waste in 2 wars so Americas debt keeps going down.
I have to brag right now. aAs a Clinton volunteer in 1992, I got to talk to the future president. He did not like Jerry Brown. I don't see Brown as potential running mate.
I'd made a thread earlier in which Ford picked George Bush to be his VP after he became president, instead of Rockefeller. Bush had been number 2, and unlike Rockefeller, he might have been able to survive the 1976 convention and remain as the running mate.
Two questions:
1. WWII-era American politics isn't my specialty; for those who it is, is Hull really as much of a Nazi sympathizer as he's generally portrayed?
2. Hull is from Tennessee. Would his VP choice really have been Bankhead -- a sickly, 66-year-old from Alabama? IOTL, Bankhead died in Sept. of 1940; it's hard to imagine he'd live longer on the campaign trail.
But would Bush have been able to survive the convention as Ford's running mate?Your right in that Rockefeller, if he wanted to be Vice President again, wouldn't have survived the volatile conditions present at the Republican Convention that year. However, in the Fall of 1975 he had already declared he had no interest in running again for the Vice Presidency, with his health being the major concern.
But would Bush have been able to survive the convention as Ford's running mate?