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If it’s more plausible for Nixon to win with Agnew, we can go for him picking Romney in place of Ford instead. The point is that after the Watergate Scandal breaks (I think assuming Tricky Dick still plays his tricks is safe) George Romney is now President of the United States after Nixon instead of Gerald Ford.

The gist of it is, would George Romney being President after the Watergate Scandal, assuming the butterflies don’t affect Romney’s 2012 campaign to the point of stopping it - would this help or hinder Romney against Obama?

Assume a couple of other things as well, say Romney still decides to pardon Nixon (which I suppose could spark a whole debate in of itself), Carter still wins ‘76, and Mitt still runs for President.
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