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At the Republican National Convention in 1968, there were talks about the presumptive nominee, Richard Nixon, choosing then-Congressman George Bush of Texas as his running mate. But instead, Nixon chose Governor Spiro Agnew. What if Nixon chose Bush as his running mate? Presuming that Nixon/Bush would be elected in November 1968, Nixon would keep Bush as his VP in 1972 and would be re-elected in a landslide, and Watergate still occurs, what would happen if Vice President George Bush became POTUS when President Nixon resigns on August 9, 1974? How would Bush do as POTUS from 1974 to 1977? Would he be re-elected in 1976, and if so, what would happen in his second term?
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