WI: McCarthy in the 1952 elections

In the 1952 elections, what if McCarthy ran for the Republicans ? Who would be his VP ? Since america was at the peak of red scare, would he win the election ? How would the Korean War be handled ? How would it affect the early Cold War ? What could we expect from a McCarthist presidency ?
 
McCarthy would have no chance because Taft already had the support of pro-McCarthy Republicans. All McCarthy's candidacy would do would be to make it easier for Ike to win the nomination.
 
Then what if Taft didn't run ?

Ike could beat McCarthy much more easily than he beat Taft. (There are many reasons for this but one we might forget is that in 1952 politicians were still under the spell of the questionable "lesson" of 1928 that "a Catholic can't be elected president.")
 
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