Really? I would think that just giving a 24 hour ultimatum and going with the whole “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” shtick would be much more popular than months of negotiation. Attacking an embassy is an act of war, so I wouldn’t think that there’d be much protest to it outside of a few countries.No. If the hostages had died then Carter would've become hated by the vast majority of the American public. Either Kennedy wins the 1980 nomination, or Reagan beats Carter in a 1972/1984 style landslide.