Reply #9: I thought that was fairly lame

[Terran]

The same names popping up in that reality as in ours, over and over again? Seems unlikely. For instance, would JFK have had the same influence on Bill Clinton, had he lived? And a Nixon-Reagan ticket? No way. Nixon was counting on carrying his home state, they wouldn't just voluntarily give it up like that. Plus I doubt that Nixon would ever have chosen Reagan as a running mate--too many differences in style.

Is it a "better" history than ours? Yes, of course. No Chimp. No 9/11 (although with Reagan as President, I think it still would have happened, or something like it). John Lennon still lives. Hell yes.