In 1957, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffers a massive stroke in the Oval Office and within twenty-four hours, Vice President Richard M Nixon is sworn in. Hugely popular, Joseph P Kennedy decides to hold off his son's candidacy until the '64 election. Trouble is Kennedy's health deteroriates and he is no position to run for office, instead passing the baton to Robert F Kennedy who wins the '68 election on a populist platform.