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Basically, what if President Ford has chosen George H. W. Bush as his Vice President instead of Nelson Rockefeller? At the time, this outcome, from what I've read and heard, seems to have at least been consider a genuine possibility, so Vice President Bush at that point isn't totally out of left field. In any case, suppose Bush had been selected. My sense is that he would have been confirmed, but as in all other cases I might be wrong about that. So suppose for the minute Bush is confirmed. How does this change the dynamics of the Ford administration? Would Bush be kept on the ticket? Or would he be dropped the way Rockefeller was dropped? If he's kept on the ticket, is there a chance that his presence can lead to a Ford victory? If not, how does a Vice Presidential term under Ford impact the rest of Bush's career? Does it help or hurt in 1980? Basically what follows from this divergence?
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