As totally unlikely as this entire scenario is, I think it even MORE unlikely that John Schmitz would be George Wallace's running mate. Schmitz was a Republican U.S. Representative from California and a member of the John Birch Society. Not exactly much in common with Wallace in economics and probably not too close in foreign affairs either. The nomination of Schmitz in '72 by the American Independent Party (Wallace's vehicle for his presidential run in 1968) is what split the party into the AIP and the American Party.
Oh, right. If I'm honest I was really clutching at straws there. I had a feeling Wallace wouldn't have chosen Schmitz, but I couldn't come up with another name, so I just went with that.
Who do you think would've been Wallace's running mate? Would he have chosen someone close to his ideals, or would he have maybe chosen someone to ideologically balance the ticket and avoid a split in the party (say, Udall or McGovern)? How about a Wallace/Chisholm ticket to REALLY confuse the electorate?
