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What if Ronald Reagan stayed Democrat after marrying Republican Nancy Davis. I still figure he would be elected California governor but his candidacy for president would get very fuzzy.

Senario. George H.W. Bush beats Carter in 1980 but only 48%-46%.
Electoral college Bush 286 - Carter 252.

Bush cuts taxes, but not the gigantic Reagan cut, Bush avoids Star Wars program but pumps more into the Pentagon and holds firm against the USSR Afghan occupation.

Would the Cold War end sooner if Bush was willing to meet Soviet Premiers Andropov and Brezhnev and discuss nuclear reductions and other NATO - Warsaw issues?
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