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Let's say that the Democratic nominee in 1960 is either Governor Pat Brown of California or Senator/Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas (possible if Johnson brokers the convention). The Democratic nominee in 1960 loses to Vice President Richard Nixon in the General Election but Nixon loses in 1964 to Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts because of Republican fatigue among Independent voters. Obviously if Johnson is the loser in 1960, he is not Kennedy's vice president (Maybe if Brown is the loser Johnson can still blackmail Kennedy as OTL). If Nixon escalates involvement in Vietnam, how do you think Kennedy would deal with it? Nixon felt strongly about the Civil Rights Movement, so I could see that being set back until the mid or late 1960s. How do you think Nixon would handle the Cuban Missile Crisis? Although he was Eisenhower's Vice President, I think him not handling it aggressively is plausible.
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