New Reality Seeds

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Drifter

I'm just using Presidents names as a shorthand for a hypothetical overall political climate. Details of who controls Congress, the names on the Supreme Court, and main players in industry and key governorships would all effect such broad strokes to history.

That sounds prone to misunderstandings.
Change anyone's history/environment and you fundamentally change their present self.
I don't think you should use "our" Reagan in an alternate timeline when so much else is different.