What if…
In May of 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower suffers a heart attack and dies.
Now, with the Republican Convention only two months away, two candidates emerge from the pack:
My picks for Taft’s Cabinet:
President: Robert Taft
Vice President: William Knowland / Thomas Werdel / Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. / John Davis Lodge / Richard Nixon
Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles
Secretary of Defense: Douglas MacArthur
Secretary of the Treasury: Harry F. Byrd (Taft said this was who he wanted.)
In May of 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower suffers a heart attack and dies.
Now, with the Republican Convention only two months away, two candidates emerge from the pack:
The first is “Mr. Republican,” Robert A. Taft. Taft has dominated the Republican Party for nearly ten years, now. An ultra-conservative, Taft wants the Presidency badly with Eisenhower out of the running.
The second is Earl Warren, a newcomer in the Presidential race. A liberal and a friend of Eisenhower, Warren had declined to run until Eisenhower died in May. He has experienced a surge in popularity in the months since Eisenhower’s death. However, Taft still holds a decisive lead over him.
Now, Convention time rolls around. Personally, I think Taft will squeak by with both the Republican nomination and the Presidency. Now, Some questions: Who will be his Vice President? (This is important as Taft will die in 1953.) What will his foreign policy stance be? Domestic policies? What will he do in Korea? What about Europe and the Soviet Union? What will happen with the Civil Rights movement? Will we begin to move towards war in Vietnam, or will Taft give the French the bombers and support personnel they wanted at Dien Bien Phu, and, thus, possibly avoid US involvement in Vietnam? What will the next half century look like? The second is Earl Warren, a newcomer in the Presidential race. A liberal and a friend of Eisenhower, Warren had declined to run until Eisenhower died in May. He has experienced a surge in popularity in the months since Eisenhower’s death. However, Taft still holds a decisive lead over him.
My picks for Taft’s Cabinet:
President: Robert Taft
Vice President: William Knowland / Thomas Werdel / Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. / John Davis Lodge / Richard Nixon
Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles
Secretary of Defense: Douglas MacArthur
Secretary of the Treasury: Harry F. Byrd (Taft said this was who he wanted.)