It may be one of the biggest “what if” debates in political history. Had an assassin’s bullet not taken President John F. Kennedy’s life, how would his presidency have played out? Kennedy had a full plate of domestic and foreign issues before dying 50 years ago today after being shot during a downtown Dallas motorcade, leaving some area scholars and historians to wonder if the glow around his presidency may have faded as he faced trial after trial on the American and world stages.