Ron & Dick: A Collaborative TL

POD: Reagan does better in the primaries, the Anybody but Carter movement starts earlier, and rallies around Udall.


July 12th-15th, 1976: Riots occur at the Democratic convention. Udall is nominated and chooses Jerry Brown as his nominee

August 16th-19th, 1976: Reagan is nominated easily. Reagan makes a great speech which rallies the GOP around him. Reagan chooses Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his nominee

August 20th, 1976-November 2nd, 1976: Reagan’s charisma helps him in the polls. Reagan attacked Udall/Brown as “watered down socialists”. The Democrats were hurt due to Carter refusing to endorse Udall or Reagan. The debates had a famous moment: After Udall attacked Reagan on the issue of Medicare, Reagan stated “There you go again”, effectively disarming Udall. In the end, Reagan won

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Ronald Reagan/Richard Schweiker (Republican), 346 Electoral votes, 53.19% of the Popular vote
Morris Udall/Jerry Brown (Democratic), 192 Electoral votes, 46.88% of the Popular vote
 
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POD: Reagan does better in the primaries, the Anybody but Carter movement starts earlier, and rallies around Udall.


July 12th-15th, 1976: Riots occur at the Democratic convention. Udall is nominated and chooses Frank Church as his nominee

August 16th-19th, 1976: Reagan is nominated easily. Reagan makes a great speech which rallies the GOP around him. Reagan chooses Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his nominee

August 20th, 1976-November 2nd, 1976: Reagan’s charisma helps him in the polls. Reagan attacked Udall/Church as “watered down socialists”. The Democrats were hurt due to Carter refusing to endorse Udall or Reagan. The debates had a famous moment: After Udall attacked Reagan on the issue of Medicare, Reagan stated “There you go again”, effectively disarming Udall. In the end, Reagan won

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Ronald Reagan/Richard Schweiker (Republican), 346 Electoral votes, 53.19% of the Popular vote
Morris Udall/Frank Church (Democratic), 192 Electoral votes, 46.88% of the Popular vote

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January 20th, 1977: In his inaugural address, Reagan calls for a "new era" of American politics

February 17th, 1977: President Reagan proposes a tax cut
 
(Since Reagan does better)

May 25, 1976: Reagan wins four primaries in Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, while Ford only takes Oregon
 
February 18th, 1977: Reagan's tax cut is met with fierce opposition from the Democratic congress and senate, most notably Senator Robert Byrd. The Tax cut is scheduled for a vote on February 27th
 
November 2nd, 1976: The GOP gains 3 seats in the Senate and 12 seats in the House

February 27th, 1977:
The Tax Cut is defeated 62-38
 
March 1, 1977: Pan Am Flight 403, flying from Los Angeles to New York crashes with 301 passengers and crew onboard, among them is Adrienne Barbeau, who played Carol Traynor in the NBC series Maude.

March 3, 1977: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, dies from a heart attack and is succeeded by his son, who is too young to take his throne and his mother serves as his regent until he comes of age.
 
March 5, 1977: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine takes responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am 403, citing America's support for Israel as their reason for the attack.
 
March 7th, 1977: George Habash, the P.F.L.P. co-founder is placed on the F.B.I.'s ten most wanted list
 
March 25, 1977: Regent Farah Pahlavi unveils a plan to gradually democratize Iran and reform the economy. This plan is met with popular approval by the Iranian people and defuses tensions in Iran

April 1, 1977: Senator Robert Byrd gives a stirring speech before a crowd of 10,000 people denouncing Reagan as a "reactionary who would turn back the clock to 1900" and calls for Congress to block as much of Reagan's agenda as possible.
 
March 12th, 1977: The P.L.O. Observer at the United Nations announces that the P.F.L.P. has been expelled from Arafat's command
 
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