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How feasible is that Prescott Bush would have won the Republican Party nomination for President (http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush ). It would most likely have been in 1960 or 1964, though possibly but unlikely in 1956. In 1968 he was 73 years old and probably too old.

How would he have fared against JFK in 1960? If JFK had been elected in 1960 and assassinated in 1963, Bush would have done better than Goldwater did against LBJ in 1964 in OTL, but still have lost. If Bush had been elected in 1960 and/or 1964 his presidency would probably have continued the liberal Republican policies of Eisenhower.

While being President would not be a barrier to his son George H. W. Bush being the Republican candidate for President, it would very likely mean that his grandson George W. Bush would not be the candidate. But the butterflies arising from a Prescott Bush presidency would probably mean different Republicans competing for the nomination in subsequent elections.
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