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What if Nixon beat Kennedy in 1960 therefore making Henry Cabot Lodge the Vice President when Nixon is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Now Lodge becomes Vice President in November 1963. Who become his allies? Who runs against him in 1964? how does he deal with civil rights? Vietnam?

In my opinion Lodge may well have had the best track record on civil rights even better than LBJ. Also we would still have been drawn into Vietnam. Would he face Johnson or Humphrey or someone else in '64. How about a challenege in '64 from within the Republican party? Who might his VP become.

This might be fun to kick around some ideas before starting the Lodge Presidency timeline.
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