Okay, the title is an allusion to a much older article concerning the second world war.
With that in mind, I'm wondering how well Sen. George McGovern can do given the following circumstances.
He realizes Kennedy will not run with him before the convention, and walks into the convention with the Shriver pick. There is no Eagleton affair, and McGovern gets to make his speech in prime time.
Agnew is exposed for tax-evasion/bribery in the middle of the campaign, not sure how this would happen, but suppose it was exposed somehow a year earlier than IOTL.
Basically, what happens if the Eagleton shoe is on the other foot.
Note, I am not expecting a McGovern win here. I'm just wondering what happens I'd expect him to do better, but there's a long line between "better" and "President George McGovern"