Four More Years: The 1960 Election

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Finally decided to start reading this. Biased, yes, but a good job. Of note is that Bentsen was devoutly pro-choice in RL.

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Shouldn't it be 1979?

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How did HIllary end up with the same last name as OTL. In one of my timelines, I'm planning on her being a Republican married to a guy who in real life was IL AG. Also, how'd she end up in MA?

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I tend to beleive that a certain political alignment isn't indefinite. America's gone through liberal and conservative swings. Speaking in terms of presidencies, 1901-1921 was more progressive, 1921-1933 more conservative, and 1933-1981 more liberal (though a slow move to the right through the seventies), and now we may be seeing either the end of a conservative era in a more progressive obama second term, or its continuance thanks to a moderate obama policy giving way to a center-right government in 2017. This tl has obviously shifted america far to the right. I'm wondering if, despite personal political bias which can be hard to get over, the progressives and liberals might see a return to the mainstream, if only for an eight to twelve year period. A Howard Dean, John Kerry, or Tom Daschle Presidency in the 2000's might be interesting. (for example, democrat 1993-2001, republican 2001-2005, and then the progs have their day in 2004. this would actually somewhat resemble the Nixon/Ford-Carter-Reagan cycle)

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Yeah, waiting for a new update.

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Strange turn. What's trade look like? I expect Ann'll be rallying the working class against it at some point.

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Strange turn. What's trade look like? I expect Ann'll be rallying the working class against it at some point.

Trade?  You mean internationally?  The economy is great, inside and out.

Well during the late to mid nineties, North America got this wacky idea called "NAFTA". Also there's trade with China which came up in the nineties. I'm assuming Ann is rallying the blue collars against both.

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Go Jack or Jeb!

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1. I'm afraid I'll have to call you on bias.

2. Oh crap, a liberal pope, & he's young, it looks like. Let's hope he at least cracks down on molesters.

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Oh... Crap.

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Oh... Crap.

Rudy's fine, didn't you finish reading?

The post was made when there were only two dates in the last post.

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You referred to finishing a timeline. Is this it? Is this the end?