so what if early in the 1968 Primaries some one kills Richard Nixon, what happens to the GOP in this race and for the rest of time
so that leaves these people running for the GOP nomination
Nelson Rockefeller Pros: Rocky is the long time Governor of a major state and the head of the Liberal wing of the GOP. Cons: he's a Liberal with a habit of pissing off everyone on the right of him off
George Romney Pros: Moderate Governor of a Liberal state. Cons: anti-war, Born in Mexico the Grandson of polygamous Mormons, who fled the United States because of the federal government's opposition to polygamy and he's Mormon
Ronald Reagan Pros: he's Reagan. Cons: he's only been Governor 1 year, he's a Conservative running soon after Goldwater
People that didn't run in OTL but could of
Barry M. Goldwater Pros: head of Conservatives, has the "i told you so" power from '64. Cons: lost in a big big way in 1964, unlikely to do better in 1968
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Pros: in 64 he won a few Primaries, as a write-in who wasn't running and was in Vietnam. Cons: he's not been in elected office in 20 years, he's working for a Democratic administration, he's in West Germany and he's the oldest person running
and the nobodies that did run in OTL
Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas
Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey
Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii
Mayor John Lindsay of New York City
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas
former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
Governor John Volpe of Massachusetts
so that leaves these people running for the GOP nomination
Nelson Rockefeller Pros: Rocky is the long time Governor of a major state and the head of the Liberal wing of the GOP. Cons: he's a Liberal with a habit of pissing off everyone on the right of him off
George Romney Pros: Moderate Governor of a Liberal state. Cons: anti-war, Born in Mexico the Grandson of polygamous Mormons, who fled the United States because of the federal government's opposition to polygamy and he's Mormon
Ronald Reagan Pros: he's Reagan. Cons: he's only been Governor 1 year, he's a Conservative running soon after Goldwater
People that didn't run in OTL but could of
Barry M. Goldwater Pros: head of Conservatives, has the "i told you so" power from '64. Cons: lost in a big big way in 1964, unlikely to do better in 1968
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Pros: in 64 he won a few Primaries, as a write-in who wasn't running and was in Vietnam. Cons: he's not been in elected office in 20 years, he's working for a Democratic administration, he's in West Germany and he's the oldest person running
and the nobodies that did run in OTL
Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas
Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey
Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii
Mayor John Lindsay of New York City
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas
former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
Governor John Volpe of Massachusetts