The New Republicans - Ended

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

Connally endorsing Percy...unlikely, but it's still a good TL so far. Press on, please!

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

Connally endorsing Percy...unlikely, but it's still a good TL so far. Press on, please!

My reasoning was that, IRL, Reagan's adviser Lee Atwater brought down the Connally campaign in South Carolina by saying that Connally was trying to buy the black vote. Connally was feeling especially spiteful in this TL

Well, that does seem like something Connally would do when you think about it

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

Percy doesn't seem like the worst president we could possibly have. I'd love to see a Percy vs. Bumpers race with a young, non-southern DLC member as the VP nominee (though the only ones I can think of--Bill Gray and Tim Wirth--were both just representatives at the time). A late-entrant conservative challenger to Percy in the Republican primary would also be very interesting. Maybe a westerner like Paul Fannin, John Jacob Rhodes, or Barry Goldwater?