WI the presidential term limit hadn’t been created?

While I am not a full supporter of Reagan and especially Reaganomics, I do give him credit for forcing Gorbachev to open up the USSR. The biggest factor, IMO, is information technology. If the USSR tried to maintain its Orwellian control of the people, it would slip into third world status.

He did engage with Gorbachev, true, which is where the credit comes from when he actually abandoned brinkmanship. Although even then, the internal factors with the Soviet Union overrode all. Especially the war in Afghanistan which was a bloody drain on lives and resources.

On another note, what was Kennedy's likeliness for re-election to a second term? I recall reading somewhere that having to appear in Texas meant he was in trouble, but I'm unsure of how accurate that is.
 
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He did engage with Gorbachev, true, which is where the credit comes from when he actually abandoned brinkmanship. Although even then, the internal factors with the Soviet Union overrode all. Especially the war in Afghanistan which was a bloody drain on lives and resources.

On another note, what was Kennedy's likeliness for re-election to a second term? I recall reading somewhere that having to appear in Texas meant he was in trouble, but I'm unsure of how accurate that is.

Kennedy went to Texas to resolve the Democratic party's internal disputes and shore up his support there for '64. Before he died JFK still retained high approval ratings and there's no reason to think he would've lost in 1964: the economy was good, Kennedy had proved himself as a statesman during the missile Crisis, and Goldwater was an awful candidate.
 
Kennedy went to Texas to resolve the Democratic party's internal disputes and shore up his support there for '64. Before he died JFK still retained high approval ratings and there's no reason to think he would've lost in 1964: the economy was good, Kennedy had proved himself as a statesman during the missile Crisis, and Goldwater was an awful candidate.

Ah, thanks. Although, a third term is highly questionable due to his healthy issues, granted.
 
You’re overlooking one important thing - people really, really don’t like people who exceed the two-term limit unless it’s absolutely necessary. This means a serious situation and no one else who can tag in. Has that happened even once since FDR?
 
You’re overlooking one important thing - people really, really don’t like people who exceed the two-term limit unless it’s absolutely necessary. This means a serious situation and no one else who can tag in. Has that happened even once since FDR?
Because the 22nd, as say before the only ones could pull it from otl are, Ike, Reagan and maybe clinton or obama
 
He did engage with Gorbachev, true, which is where the credit comes from when he actually abandoned brinkmanship. Although even then, the internal factors with the Soviet Union overrode all. Especially the war in Afghanistan which was a bloody drain on lives and resources.
I was recalling a conference with Gorbachev where Gorby asked for a 50% cut in targeted nuclear missiles. Reagan's instinctive reply was something like "why not disarm all of them." If that's how it went, I'd say Reagan made a very important move for world peace, despite some of his less credible moves.
You’re overlooking one important thing - people really, really don’t like people who exceed the two-term limit unless it’s absolutely necessary. This means a serious situation and no one else who can tag in. Has that happened even once since FDR?
Had Kennedy lived and was healthy, I'd say that Vietnam and the Cold War could have been serious enough for a third term in 1968.
 
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