LBJ here to stay? What is Johnson had run in 1968?

People say Johnson was in danger of losing the nomination, but to who? McCarthy's too out of the mainstream and the Democratic establishment is too strong in 1968 for him to get nominated. Same goes for McGovern. Humphrey won't stab Johnson in the back, so I guess that leaves Kennedy?
 
People say Johnson was in danger of losing the nomination, but to who? McCarthy's too out of the mainstream and the Democratic establishment is too strong in 1968 for him to get nominated. Same goes for McGovern. Humphrey won't stab Johnson in the back, so I guess that leaves Kennedy?

I forgot that primaries didn't matter in 1968. Johnson could probably have been renominated if he held onto the establishment. He probably would have lost to Nixon, though, and his health was poor.
 
LBJ gets the nomination if he wants it. If RFK lives, he and McCarthy split the anti war vote , Humphrey, the incumbent VP, isn't running against a sitting President.

As for the General election, it would be a shit fest for the ages with LBJ and Nixon running against each other. With that said, Nixon wins, and does better than he did OTL against HHH, and Wallace probably does better to.
 
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