User blog:YNot1989/New ATL (Reagan in 1960)

I'm considering writing a new ATL. POD is 1960 where Ronald Reagan narrowly wins the Democratic Primaries and is elected President. The idea is that a younger President Reagan would be viewed much as Kennedy was by the American public, but would shift the democrats more to the center right and cause the republicans to return as the liberal party of America. Reagan would escallate Vietnam as Kennedy did, and would choose to invade Cuba nearly sparking nuclear war with the Russians. In 1963 he would be assassinated just as Kennedy was and Johnson would become President, but would carry on Reagan's conservative policies instead of liberal ones. After a similar string of presidents as in OTL, just with a switch on conservatives to liberals; JFK would become President in 1980, and lead basically a liberal version of the Reagan Presidency. I'm still not sure if I want to do it, so feel free to comment.--YNot1989 05:20, 16 July 2009 (UTC)