I agree that Vietnam is still a flop with Lodge as president in '64. With the Republican right wing led by his VP Goldwater wins the nomination and the Republican party stays on a future course to the right that is unstoppable because of Lodge's failures. I think that Goldwater would make the same mistakes that he made in the OTL and become known as a warmonger. Maybe he gets upset by Rockefeller and thereby causing a split in the party and a third party candidacy for an angry Goldwater.
With Goldwater running as a third party under the American party he taps George Wallace as his VP choice. With this lining up to split the right wing from the Republicans and possibly the south from the Democrats we could have a wild 1968 campaign.
On the Democrats side I think it would be interesting to have JFK make a comeback as a sort of moderate alternative to the peace niks for the Democratic left wing.
We end up with a Rockefeller, Kennedy and Goldwater three way race. Now we might have something for intereswting here!!
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With Goldwater running as a third party under the American party he taps George Wallace as his VP choice. With this lining up to split the right wing from the Republicans and possibly the south from the Democrats we could have a wild 1968 campaign.
On the Democrats side I think it would be interesting to have JFK make a comeback as a sort of moderate alternative to the peace niks for the Democratic left wing.
We end up with a Rockefeller, Kennedy and Goldwater three way race. Now we might have something for intereswting here!!
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