I've been thinking about Nixon winning in 1960 a little bit recently, and I was wondering who would be the likely Democrats to run against him in 1964?
I'm assuming that Nixon's term goes pretty much as most people expected it would have, stronger reaction against the Castro regime probably leading to its toppling, no Missile Crisis thanks to a stronger face in Vienna, no escalation of Vietnam, but also no major Civil Rights legislation passed.
I don't think that JFK would run again. His health would probably catch up with him, but the Kennedy's wouldn't go away. Without JFK as President, RFK's star wouldn't have been as bright, but his ambition was his strongest feature. He would probably still run for President, but after being in the Senate, which I imagine he would be elected to in 1964 following John's retirement at the end of his second term.
This raises the question of who would be the most high profile and likely Democrats to run against an incumbent Nixon in 1964? What ticket would have the best chance of defeating a Nixon/Lodge ticket that had probably a net positive foreign policy record but a neutral to negative domestic record with 12 years Republican voter fatigue?