A what if: This moment does not occur. Someone else wins the NH primary and goes on to win the nomination, as Reagan fades away.
The GOP candidate, whoever he is, narrowly loses (I know,
far-fetched) to Jimmy Carter. Carter wins a second term
in the fall of 1980.
How would history have been different if this moment had not occurred? Maybe Reagan would have had a similar moment in a later primary, but suppose he did a quick fade and someone else wins the nomination. On election night, the GOP candidate gives a concession speech and a smiling
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter wave to their followers as Carter
prepares to go into his second term.
What if.
The radical islamic faction would have had a foothold much sooner...
Carter’s stupidity is what we are living with today. It is what ultimately led up to 9/11. Now the muslim marxist in the WH is building on that foothold and again, we will have to live with the results for decades.