If Theodore Roosevelt managed to win in1912 would the Republican party have ceased to exist and the Democrats become conservatives.
If not what would have occured?
If not what would have occured?
I think TR merges the Progessive Party back into the Republican Party. h He would want Republican support.
How could TR possibly have won, though?![]()
Hmmmm... Champ Clark? William Jennings Bryan again?Scewing up did seem to be a Democrat speciality at that time. Wison could have had a stroke and been unavailable.
They could have ended up with a conservative nobody acceptable to the South inspiring nobody on the 200th ballot (they needed a 2 thirds majority
How could TR possibly have won, though?![]()
How could TR possibly have won, though?![]()
Let's start by saying that Roosevelt manages to come to an agreement with the Socialists, because, frankly, if we look at the Progressive platform, it's pretty Socialist. Now, granted that OTL, Debs hated Roosevelt (he considered him a charlatan, giving lip service to the workers in order to continue the oppression of the bourgeoisie, probably because of the silver spoon placed in Teddy's mouth at birth), but let's say that he somehow manages to convince Debs to join him, so they can rule as father and son or something.
Let's start by saying that Roosevelt manages to come to an agreement with the Socialists, because, frankly, if we look at the Progressive platform, it's pretty Socialist. Now, granted that OTL, Debs hated Roosevelt (he considered him a charlatan, giving lip service to the workers in order to continue the oppression of the bourgeoisie, probably because of the silver spoon placed in Teddy's mouth at birth), but let's say that he somehow manages to convince Debs to join him, so they can rule as father and son or something.
We now have Roosevelt at a respectable 33%. Now, on the other hand, Roosevelt joining up with actual Socialists may frighten some folks away; but on the gripping hand, most of the "scared of socialist" types are already supporting Taft.
Now the question is: how do we make up the remaining percentage points...Can Teddy steal some votes from the Solid South? What about from Taft?
Anything else?