If Barkley dies in office and gets succeeded by Rayburn, I don't think Rayburn would run reelection. Eisenhower's candidacy could get butterflied away. In OTL, Eisenhower only ran for president due to a strong "Draft Eisenhower" movement.
If Barkley dies in office and gets succeeded by Rayburn, I don't think Rayburn would run reelection. Eisenhower's candidacy could get butterflied away. In OTL, Eisenhower only ran for president due to a strong "Draft Eisenhower" movement.
I think the draft Eisenhower movement is still there no matter what Democrat is in the White House.
That was a big part, but only a part. A lot of it had to do with Ike the Internationalist's discomfort with the very real prospect of a Robert Taft presidency.In OTL, Eisenhower only ran for president due to a strong "Draft Eisenhower" movement.
I didn't see how Sam Rayburn is getting involved as the president: this is before the amendment calling for the appointment/Senate confirmation of a VP when a vacancy occurs in that office.