PC: Nixon '56?

Just had a thought that I genuinely have no insight into or perspective on - what's the plausibility of Nixon getting the GOP nod in '56, after a health scare stops Ike running again?

If he got it, would he beat Adlai?

If it's not plausible, what are the chances of an incumbent Nixon who's been in the Oval since early 1955 thanks to the untimely death of Ike?
 
'56 if Ike doesn't run again is quite plausible, since there's literally no one else. Taft is dead, Knowland is a dull, dumb, Jiang-loving mediocrity, Rocky hasn't started his electoral career. If Ike dies in September '55, Nixon is assured of nomination as the incumbent. Regardless, he easily defeats Stevenson in the general.
 
With the booming economy Nixon wins. His policies would be the same as Eisenhower's except he would escalate support for South Vietnam.
 
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