1980-Reagan doesn't run

[GoTfan]

How would've 1980 looked if Reagan had decided he was too old to seek the Presidency?

[RosettaStoned]

  GHWB wins the nomination and selects Congressman Phil Crane as his running mate. Bush goes on to defeat Carter by a slightly smaller margin than Reagan did IOTL. 

[President Johnson]

Mr. Nice Guy from Michigan is back. If he runs, he gets the nod and wins; if he forgoes the Republican nomination, it would be Poppy, who also beats Carter.

Former President Gerald R. Ford (R-MI)/Governor William Clements (R-TX): 427 EV. (53.37%)
President James E. Carter (D-GA)/Vice President Walter Mondale (D-MN): 111 EV. (44.92%)

Former CIA-Director George H.W. Bush (R-TX)/Congressman Phil Crane (R-IL): 378 EV. (52.67%)
President James E. Carter (D-GA)/Vice President Walter Mondale (D-MN): 108 EV. (45.36%)

[Kingpoleon]

489: Former President Gerald Ford/Senator John Heinz - 57.9%
49: President Jimmy Carter/Boston Mayor Kevin White - 39.1%
Others - 2.0%

[GoTfan]

489: Former President Gerald Ford/Senator John Heinz - 57.9%
49: President Jimmy Carter/Boston Mayor Kevin White - 39.1%
Others - 2.0%

Why isn't Mondale Carter's running mate?

[Kingpoleon]

Without Reagan's charisma dominating the news, Ted Kennedy does enough better to force Carter to pick a like minded person or face a contested convention.

[Vosem]

There might've been an interesting international reaction to the election of a man whose chief qualification was his service as CIA Director.

[GoTfan]

There might've been an interesting international reaction to the election of a man whose chief qualification was his service as CIA Director.

Conspiracy theorists would've had a field day.

Love your sig by the way.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

There might've been an interesting international reaction to the election of a man whose chief qualification was his service as CIA Director.

Reminds me of that scene in "The Americans" where, after Reagan's shot, they interpret Haig's assertion of things being under control as a sign of a coup.