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From the time lines I've seen on a possible President Humphrey, they all seem to show a President that is similar to Nixon on foreign policy but many don't seem to address aspects of domestic policy that Humphrey would have to deal with, had he won in 1968.

On foreign policy issues, would Humphrey have pursued an "honorable end" to the war in Vietnam a la Nixon? If so, who would be leading his foreign policy team? If not, what's his alternative? Does Humphrey escalate in Vietnam even further, spilling the war into Cambodia and surrounding nations earlier than Nixon would have? Or does he get pushed by Congress to end the war quickly to avoid further national outrage?

The domestic front, I think, is much more interesting. How does Humphrey react to economic instability and rising inflation? My bet is that he pushes for full employment and Keynesian stimulus to combat the economic downturn of the late sixties and early seventies. On general social welfare policy, how does Humphrey behave? He campaigned on an expansion of the War on Poverty, but does he keep it the way Johnson did, or does he mix it up a bit, adding in something like a Negative Income Tax and Guaranteed Income?

Just some ideas to throw out there.
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