what would happen if JFK is not murdered

[Michael Z]

Quite an interesting thread, I was thinking of starting a timeline like this myself. Anyway, had JFK not been murdered I think the list of Presidents might have been something like this:

1961 - 1969  John F. Kennedy (Dem)
1969 - 1973  Nelson Rockefeller (Rep)
1973 - 1981  Henry M. Jackson (Dem)
1981 - 1989  John Anderson (Rep)
1989 - 1997  Lloyd Bentsen (Dem)
1997 - 2005  Bill Clinton (Dem)
2005 -           Joseph Lieberman (Rep)

I might do my own timeline on this soon, explaining the more, erm, eccentric aspects of this list (like Anderson and Lieberman being Republicans).


Btw, I'm not sure if 1964 would have seen a race between Goldwater and Kennedy, as a) AUH20 and JFK were good friends, and b) Republicans partly picked Goldwater over Rockefeller because the 1964 election was regarded as unwinnable and Goldwater was chosen as the sacrificial lamb (comparable to Mondale winning the Dem nomination over Hart and Glenn in '84), thereby ensuring that Rockefeller's reputation isn't damaged by a failed Presidential race and he's able to have a clean slate for 1968 (which he declined to run, but that's beside the point).
Well, that's my theory anyway.

[Michael Z]

There are three questions I'd ask about 1964:  1.  Who is the Democratic VP nominee.  2.  Who is on the GOP ticket.

1. Apparently Terry Sanford was on the top of Kennedy's list.   2. Hard to say, but Rockefeller seems the most likely. As for his running mate, your guess is as good as mine.