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I think Nixon got to make four SCOTUS appointments, so Reagan might be able to alter the outcome of Roe v. Wade (and with it the entire landscape of the culture war) if he makes more conservative appointments. Not sure who he could pick instead of Nixon's people, though. Re: Korea - I see no...

As far as economics go, my (admittedly limited) understanding is that the Chicago School was still in its infancy around this time and that supply-side economics only emerged as a direct response to the stagflation of the '70s. So my guess is that Reagan would govern like a conventional...

Ronald Reagan first ran for the presidency in 1968, when he was still on his first term as Governor of California, and quickly became Nixon's main opponent from the right wing of the Republican Party. Apparently he actually had a slim window for success despite being way behind Nixon in...