WI RFK Gets The Nomination in 1968?

Yeah, I love RFK, but if I’m honest, it’s not very likely he would have gotten the nomination if he lived. That said, one possible alternative that I recently learned might have been possible is that RFK becomes HHH running mate, as HHH apparently privately wanted RFK as his VP. This would have turn LBJ against HHH sooner, but it might have allowed HHH to beat Nixon.
If anything, LBJ was a massive steel ball attached to triple H's legs that dragged him down everytime he leapt for the White House in 1968, so if LBJ withdrawn support from HHH from the getgo and turned on him, then Hubert would no longer be thought of as "Lyndon's warmongering stooge and bitch" by the anti-war progressives and would have a far better chance of defeating Nixon with a more united party and a popular VP pick.
 
If anything, LBJ was a massive steel ball attached to triple H's legs that dragged him down everytime he leapt for the White House in 1968, so if LBJ withdrawn support from HHH from the getgo and turned on him, then Hubert would no longer be thought of as "Lyndon's warmongering stooge and bitch" by the anti-war progressives and would have a far better chance of defeating Nixon with a more united party and a popular VP pick.

Here's the thing: without LBJ's support Humphrey loses Texas, and by the time of the Democratic Convention (when it looks like Humphrey will lose) I doubt RFK would accept the VP spot.
 
Here's the thing: without LBJ's support Humphrey loses Texas, and by the time of the Democratic Convention (when it looks like Humphrey will lose) I doubt RFK would accept the VP spot.
If RFK was convinced to withdraw and endorse Humphrey, then HHH would have a far more galvanized chance of winning, with or without Texas, considering California et al was solid RFK territory prior to his assassination and if Hubert strongly blasts the Vietnam War, even Gene McCarthy may hand him his delegates, which would be guaranteed if LBJ tries to cut Hubert off.
 
If RFK was convinced to withdraw and endorse Humphrey, then HHH would have a far more galvanized chance of winning, with or without Texas, considering California et al was solid RFK territory prior to his assassination and if Hubert strongly blasts the Vietnam War, even Gene McCarthy may hand him his delegates, which would be guaranteed if LBJ tries to cut Hubert off.

Kennedy wouldn't withdraw unless he lost in the primaries. Barring that, like Teddy in 1980 he goes all the way to the convention.
 
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