MrHola
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POD: Prescott Bush wins his Senate campaign in 1950, which he very narrowly lost in OTL. Following his election he becomes one of the leading Republican proponents of fiscal responsibility. He also, however, supports several of Truman's bills in regards to race relations. He makes a name for himself as a Moderate Conservative.With the coming election, which is widely expected to be a Republican sweep, Bush throws his support behind his good friend Robert Taft. Taft manages, just barely, to wrest the nomination from Eisenhower who goes on to enjoy a peaceful retirement.
Taft for his part chooses Bush as his nominee for VP, needing a moderate to offset his image as a hardline conservative. Also, being a New Englander, Bush offsets Taft's Mid-Western background. The Taft/Bush ticket goes on to win the election as Stevenson, to a lesser degree than Eisenhower/Nixon in OTL. Bush's past business connections with certain European totalitarian states do manage to hurt the ticket, but not enough as to cause a loss of the election (and his moderate record since being elected DOES help off set Taft a bit).
Taft dies of cancer a few weeks earlier than in OTL, due to the stress of the campaign and being elected, and suddenly Prescott Bush is President of the United States. Now what? Bush does has a socialy moderate record, and will push for greater fiscal responsibility for the Government. I can image the scaling back of some programs, which is going to make the Democrats none-to-pleased, but could help him with the general public. Bush is also going to have to find a way to end the war in Korea if Taft hasn't already managed it, and it would be interesting to see how he does it.
Any ideas of how Bush's presidency would have played out? How would the Korean War have ended? Who would be his VP and successor in 60?
Taft for his part chooses Bush as his nominee for VP, needing a moderate to offset his image as a hardline conservative. Also, being a New Englander, Bush offsets Taft's Mid-Western background. The Taft/Bush ticket goes on to win the election as Stevenson, to a lesser degree than Eisenhower/Nixon in OTL. Bush's past business connections with certain European totalitarian states do manage to hurt the ticket, but not enough as to cause a loss of the election (and his moderate record since being elected DOES help off set Taft a bit).
Taft dies of cancer a few weeks earlier than in OTL, due to the stress of the campaign and being elected, and suddenly Prescott Bush is President of the United States. Now what? Bush does has a socialy moderate record, and will push for greater fiscal responsibility for the Government. I can image the scaling back of some programs, which is going to make the Democrats none-to-pleased, but could help him with the general public. Bush is also going to have to find a way to end the war in Korea if Taft hasn't already managed it, and it would be interesting to see how he does it.
Any ideas of how Bush's presidency would have played out? How would the Korean War have ended? Who would be his VP and successor in 60?