WI: Bomb goes off at 1940 Republican National Convention

As stated here, there was a bomb discovery at the 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.

What would have happened had this bomb or bombs gone off? Assume all the potential nominees die.
 
They give the nomination to Charles Lindbergh. FDR still wins. Lindbergh is a piece of work gives up his officers commission in Army Air Corp. But keeps his NAZI decoration.
 
What about the fact it was a bombing, what were party relations like back then?

Would the Republicans try to pin it on the Democratic party?
 
Stassen couldn't get nominated, he was only 33 in 1940. If the Republicans had a strong candidate, they might be able to do a lot better with the sympathy. However, if a lot of leading candidates are dead, they might be stuck with some third-rate guy who would be crushed by Roosevelt.
 
Who was even at the convention, is one question. This wasn't quite the era where the candidates didn't show up, but neither was it quite the era where being there was a mandatory part of getting the nod.

In the end, I don't think it would change Roosevelt's victory. But if the perpetrators are actually found, their identities could have big effects, if they're communists, fascists, German agents, I don't know. You can come up with some interesting possibilities there.
What about the fact it was a bombing, what were party relations like back then?

Would the Republicans try to pin it on the Democratic party?
I think that's way, way beyond the pale for 1940.
They give the nomination to Charles Lindbergh. FDR still wins. Lindbergh is a piece of work gives up his officers commission in Army Air Corp. But keeps his NAZI decoration.
I think the fact that he had only just returned to America after previously leaving in a huff, insulting the entire country in the process, would be a bigger obstacle than his Nazi medal.
 
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Alternatively, what if it was an anarchist group? (although the 1940s is probably a bit late historically for that type of activity)
 
They give the nomination to Charles Lindbergh. FDR still wins. Lindbergh is a piece of work gives up his officers commission in Army Air Corp. But keeps his NAZI decoration.

Lindbergh was told that if didn't stop his anti-FDR activities, he would be recalled to active duty, thus forcing him to shut up on pain of court martial. He resigned rather than submit to what was effectively blackmail.

After Pearl Harbor, Lindbergh tried to rejoin the military, but all attempts to reinstate him as were personally blocked by FDR. Lindbergh ended up working for Ford as a consultant and, in that capacity, flew combat missions in the Pacific.
 
Is former President Hoover among the dead or did he survive?

A Hoover vs. Roosevelt rematch would be quite interesting.
 
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