I was getting into the 1968 election today, and two WI's crossed my mind:
- Both Humphrey and RFK are assassinated before the Democratic National Convention. Does McCarthy get the nomination? Does LBJ re-enter the race and get the nomination? Someone else? Also, what are the effects of a sitting vice president getting assassinated, even in a landscape when political and social leaders seemed to be getting assassinated on a regular basis, and social unrest was boiling over?
- The second what if, is what if Humphrey instead of RFK, was assassinated before the DNC? Is the race Kennedy's, or, as above, does Johnson try and step in and steal the nomination? Also as above, what are the effects of a sitting vice president getting assassinated in this environment?