Title: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: LBJ Revivalist on October 31, 2010, 08:27:28 PM If Ford had won in 1976, how do you think his presidency would've been?
1) Would Detente have continued, or would the Cold War have reignited anyway? 2) How would Ford have likely dealt with the Iranian Revolution? Would it still have happened if he were President? Would the Hostage Crisis have occurred, and if so, how would Ford have dealt with it? 3) Could you foresee any cabinet shake ups had he won? Would he have dumped Kissinger? 4) What about the economy? 5) Would Ford have been able to end the Israel-Egyptian war? 6)) Would he have governed as a liberal, centrist or as a conservative fiscally? I think that election was more important in the long run in regards to the rightward swing of our country than most people think.... Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: Phony Moderate on October 31, 2010, 08:28:36 PM There would have probably been no President Reagan.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: LBJ Revivalist on October 31, 2010, 08:32:27 PM There would have probably been no President Reagan. Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: FEMA Camp Administrator on November 06, 2010, 06:51:10 PM I can see Jerry Brown, Lloyd Bensten, Henry Jackson, Ted Kennedy, or some other Democrat creating their own "era" from 1981-1989, and maybe even giving the Democrats control over the Whitehosue for three consecutive terms.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: Peter the Lefty on December 24, 2012, 10:41:17 AM There would have probably been no President Reagan. Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on December 24, 2012, 10:54:10 AM There would have probably been no President Reagan. Ford served more than two years out of Nixon's term. Therefore he was allowed to run only once. See the Twenty-second Amendment. Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: Peter the Lefty on December 26, 2012, 04:30:31 PM Ah. I'd never known about the second part.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: MASHED POTATOES. VOTE! on December 26, 2012, 06:05:03 PM Yes. From Vice Presidents who succeeded the Presidency after the Amendment was passed two were allowed to run more than twice: Truman (grandfathered, as he was President at the time it was passed) and LBJ (served less than two years out ot JFK's term). Ironically, none of them seek their own second terms.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: Mechaman on December 30, 2012, 01:48:01 AM The Republicans enjoy their stay as the longest lasting minority party since the Federalists.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: Peter the Lefty on January 06, 2013, 02:33:55 PM Actually, I've been thinking about this lately, and as much as I hate to say it, Scoop Jackson would've been well-positioned in 1980, in this scenario, given the Iranian hostage crisis and the recession. He'd be able to run as economically left-of-center, but as a Mid-east expert and defense hawk who could "stick it" to the Iranians and the Soviets and "protect Israel." I'd hope for it to be someone like Mondale, Bayh, or Church though. Mo Udall had too many health concerns by this point, and probably wouldn't have run. The Republicans would've had a Reagan vs. Dole fight, presumably. This would be a really interesting election.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on January 06, 2013, 07:33:51 PM No guarantee that there would be an Iranian Hostage Crisis under a different president, be he Democratic or Republican. (That isn't to say that there wouldn't be an Iranian Revolution, but the Hostage Crisis itself would be fairly easy to butterfly away.)
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: MATTROSE94 on January 16, 2013, 07:00:54 PM Keep in mind that Gerald Ford probably would not have picked Paul Volker as Fed chairman, so the problems with inflation might have continued until the mid-1980s or so.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on January 17, 2013, 01:34:44 AM Keep in mind that Gerald Ford probably would not have picked Paul Volcker as Fed chairman, so the problems with inflation might have continued until the mid-1980s or so. Ford also would likely have not picked William Miller either, Carter's first appointment as Fed chair, and such a disastrous one Carter had to name him as Treasury Secretary to get him out of the way so he could appoint someone else. He had much better luck with Volcker, but not enough to win a second term. Hopefully Ford would not reappoint Burns, as he was almost as bad as Miller. Possibly he would have appointed Greenspan. Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: MATTROSE94 on January 17, 2013, 11:40:24 AM Actually, I've been thinking about this lately, and as much as I hate to say it, Scoop Jackson would've been well-positioned in 1980, in this scenario, given the Iranian hostage crisis and the recession. He'd be able to run as economically left-of-center, but as a Mid-east expert and defense hawk who could "stick it" to the Iranians and the Soviets and "protect Israel." I'd hope for it to be someone like Mondale, Bayh, or Church though. Mo Udall had too many health concerns by this point, and probably wouldn't have run. The Republicans would've had a Reagan vs. Dole fight, presumably. This would be a really interesting election. I agree that Lloyd Bentsen, Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale, Birch Bayh, Frank Church or even Jimmy Carter again would have been much better choices for the Democrats in 1980 if Ford was re-elected. Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: MATTROSE94 on January 17, 2013, 11:50:59 AM Keep in mind that Gerald Ford probably would not have picked Paul Volcker as Fed chairman, so the problems with inflation might have continued until the mid-1980s or so. Ford also would likely have not picked William Miller either, Carter's first appointment as Fed chair, and such a disastrous one Carter had to name him as Treasury Secretary to get him out of the way so he could appoint someone else. He had much better luck with Volcker, but not enough to win a second term. Hopefully Ford would not reappoint Burns, as he was almost as bad as Miller. Possibly he would have appointed Greenspan. Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자) on January 17, 2013, 02:39:20 PM Keep in mind that Gerald Ford probably would not have picked Paul Volcker as Fed chairman, so the problems with inflation might have continued until the mid-1980s or so. Ford also would likely have not picked William Miller either, Carter's first appointment as Fed chair, and such a disastrous one Carter had to name him as Treasury Secretary to get him out of the way so he could appoint someone else. He had much better luck with Volcker, but not enough to win a second term. Hopefully Ford would not reappoint Burns, as he was almost as bad as Miller. Possibly he would have appointed Greenspan. Probably not as tight as Volcker but certainly not as loose as Burns. But then Volcker appointed as chair in 1978 might not have been as tight as Volcker was in 1979 since he wouldn't have had to clean up after Miller. Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: Oldiesfreak1854 on January 24, 2013, 09:30:59 AM The GOP might be in a lot better shape today.
Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: Peter the Lefty on January 28, 2013, 08:17:39 AM 1980
Birch Bayh/Lloyd Bentsen (D) vs. Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) Title: Re: If President Ford had won in '76... Post by: MATTROSE94 on January 28, 2013, 08:11:14 PM The GOP might be in a lot better shape today. |