Let's say that a few PODs take out OTL's Republican Presidents after Eisenhower...
Richard Nixon loses his first bid for Congress in 1946. He seeks office again in 1948 and is defeated once again in the face of the Truman re-election landslide for Congressional Democrats, and decides to stay out of politics, keeping to himself in a law practice.
Gerald Ford pursues a career in professional football rather than professional politics.
Ronald Reagan is given the nomination by the Los Angeles Democratic Party that he so coveted in 1952 and is elected to the United States House of Representatives. He serves a number of terms in the House before eventually being elected Governor, and later Senator, from California. Although an unreconstructed New Dealer for much of his political life, Reagan is nonetheless a strong Cold War hawk, leading to the rise of 'Reagan Democrats' within his party years later.
George H.W. Bush is killed in the Pacific War, preventing his and his son George W. Bush's respective political careers.
With these PODs in mind, some potential questions arise...
1. Who is Ike's running mate in 1952?
2. Who gets the Republican nomination in 1960?
3. Who are some possible alternate Republican Presidents in the Cold War era?
Richard Nixon loses his first bid for Congress in 1946. He seeks office again in 1948 and is defeated once again in the face of the Truman re-election landslide for Congressional Democrats, and decides to stay out of politics, keeping to himself in a law practice.
Gerald Ford pursues a career in professional football rather than professional politics.
Ronald Reagan is given the nomination by the Los Angeles Democratic Party that he so coveted in 1952 and is elected to the United States House of Representatives. He serves a number of terms in the House before eventually being elected Governor, and later Senator, from California. Although an unreconstructed New Dealer for much of his political life, Reagan is nonetheless a strong Cold War hawk, leading to the rise of 'Reagan Democrats' within his party years later.
George H.W. Bush is killed in the Pacific War, preventing his and his son George W. Bush's respective political careers.
With these PODs in mind, some potential questions arise...
1. Who is Ike's running mate in 1952?
2. Who gets the Republican nomination in 1960?
3. Who are some possible alternate Republican Presidents in the Cold War era?