Baldrick
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Let's say that instead of Al Smith, the Democrat Robert Taft gets in in 1940. His administration is faced with violence in Houston and a re-arming CSA. However, being a Democrat, he has the opposite solution to Smith: get tough on Featherston. There is no summit in Richmond, and thus no plebiscite in Kentucky, Houston, or Sequoyah. All of these regions remain part of the USA, and the garrisons of both Kentucky and Houston are beefed up (Sequoyah was fairly happy in the Union if I remember correctly). So, the question is: what happens now? With the Second Great War still breaking out, does Featherston remain neutral, or does he launch Operation Blackbeard from reduced start lines? Being a Democrat, will Taft have seen Blackbeard coming and bulked up the defences? Please leave your thoughts...