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Now, we all know Shirley Temple did fill several diplomatic roles in OTL, including being the United States Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, but I was interested by this little bit. According to the wiki:

Following her venture into television, Temple became active in the Republican Party in California, where, in 1967, she ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in a special election to fill a vacant seat. She ran as a conservative and lost to liberal Republican Pete McCloskey, a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War.

So, say Mrs. Temple is elected to Congress as a strong conservative. Could she possibly become a conservative standard-bearer in this timeline, along the lines of Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, and Bill and Jim Buckley? Maybe even becoming President (assuming she still overcomes her breast cancer)?

Thoughts?
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