Edmund Muskie as President of the United States

IMO if he were nominated in 1972, he would have lost in November, though not nearly as badly as McGovern. See my post at https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...didnt-do-watergate.330894/page-2#post-9808546 on how, although Nixon seemed vulnerable through much of 1971, by early 1972 things had changed.

Muskie's best chance to become president would be Humphrey-Muskie winning in 1968 and Humphrey either dying in office or having a successful two terms after which Muskie is viewed as his successor.
 
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