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  1. Ronald Reagan and RFK are the major party nominees in 1968. Who is favored in the November?

    Obviously the specifics depend on a variety of factors, such whether they have to go through particularly tumultuous conventions to obtain their party’s nominations and who they select as their running mates, but on balance, who would likely be the stronger candidate that year? Cases could be...

  2. Alternate presidential library locations

    For those who don’t know, the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States maintains a system of libraries dedicated to housing documents related to the most of the American presidents from Hoover onwards (there are sites associated with earlier presidents, but they are...

  3. American Loyalists are sent to South Africa after the Revolutionary War. Realistically, what happens next?

    This was the point of divergence for the Draka series, with Stirling specifically having the British seize the Cape from the Dutch during the war and deciding to send the Loyalists there afterward in order to fortify their new territory (I don’t think this was in the original story, but...

  4. WI: Frank Darabont Stays on as The Walking Dead's Showrunner

    The Walking Dead would never have been adapted into a television series had it not been for the efforts of Frank Darabont, who was able to bring high productions values to the first season. However, executives at AMC fired him after the first season for the high cost of the series. Life went on...

  5. Francis Ford Coppola's Dungeons and Dragons

    Released in 2000, the Dungeons and Dragons movie was an absolute fiasco, both critically and financially. One of the reasons for this fact is because apparently the financial backers forced producer Courtney Solomon to used an outdated script and vetoed all of his choices for director, leaving...

  6. WI: Rand Paul runs instead of Ron Paul in 2012

    While Ron Paul had become very popular among a certain small but dedicated branch of the GOP base because of his 2008 presidential bid, he hadn't formally announced a bid until May of 2011, and apparently was undecided on running late enough in the game that Gary Johnson, under the impression...

  7. WI: Wesley Clark Competes in the Iowa Caucuses?

    In real life, Wesley Clark was considered a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in the run-up to the 2004 primary season. However, he made the fatal error of deciding to skip Iowa caucuses to focus on later primaries. His absence from that contest boosted John Kerry and...

  8. WI: Planned Parenthood v. Casey overturns Roe v. Wade

    According the infallible Wikipedia... So, say those five Justices don't change their minds, for whatever reason, and on June 29, 1992, Roe v. Wade is overturned and laws deciding the legality of abortion are sent back to the states (unless someone thinks something else would result from the...

  9. Does a more successful Star Wars Prequel Trilogy = less successful LOTR film trilogy?

    I mean critically more than commercially, but let's consider both. Let's say when the first installment of the prequel trilogy comes out in the summer of 1999, it matches everyone's expectations. George Lucas produces maybe the best movie possible while still telling the same basic story as...

  10. Cultural WI: Mark Hamill Cast as Lead in "Amadeus"

    As we all know, Mark Hamill's career has been hampered by the fact that he's so identified with the character of Luke Skywalker that he's found it hard to pick up other roles. This typecasting has prevented him from catapulting into stardom in the same way Harrison Ford has. However, in the...

  11. WI: The Farmer-Labor and Socialist parties merge prior to the 1920 election?

    So, I'm not particularly knowledgable on this area of history, but here goes. Say in the lead-up to the 1920 US presidential election, the leaders of the nascent Farmer-Labor Party decide that the best way to seek their interests would be to merge with the already established, ideologically...

  12. Jesse Jackson v. Pat Robertson, 1988 presidential election

    Fairly implausible premise, but just role with it. Say somehow Bush does something that really alienates conservative Republicans in late 1987/early 1988, boosting Robertson's performance. After a long, drawn-out primary process, Robertson narrowly wins the GOP nomination. Same thing with...

  13. WI: Enterprise had season four quality, in season 1?

    There's a widely-accepted consensus among critics and Trekkies and the fourth season of Enterprise (by then, Star Trek: Enterprise) was easily the best. So let's say that the show had that sort of quality in the first season. If you want a specific POD, let's hand wave Manny Coto into becoming...

  14. Disney's Avatar

    After developing the concept what would eventually become Avatar for over a decade, James Cameron finally began developing the project in earnest in 2005/2006, with 20th Century Fox's reluctant backing. The key word here is "reluctant". They were very skeptical of the entire project, even as the...

  15. WI: Truncated War on Terror?

    Let's say either Al Gore or a more moderate/libertarian Republican (or even Bush with a different inner circle) is elected POTUS in 2000. Now, 9/11 still happens here, but the reaction is more muted. Afghanistan is still invaded, but after the initial six months or so, American forces are...

  16. Tim Burton's Watchmen

    So, if the IMDB trivia section is to be believed, at one point in the mid-2000s, director Tim Burton was interested in adapting the graphic novel Watchmen into a film. Specifically, he wanted Johnny Depp in the role of The Comedian. However, he ended up directing Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber...

  17. WI: Lee Atwater doesn't get cancer

    Lee Atwater, the notorious Republican campaign manager most famous for engineering George Bush's victory in the 1988 presidential election, was probably one of the most influential figures in American politics by the time he died of cancer in 1991. But what if he'd never developed cancer? How...

  18. WI: Stanley Kubrick lives

    Director Stanley Kubrick died in 1999 at age 70 of natural causes. Now, that's not particularly old. So, what if he had lived, and survived until the present day? Furthermore, let's assume that, like Clint Eastwood, he's an active filmmaker well into his advanced age. What sort of projects...

  19. So, how well would John McCain have done in 2000?

    Exactly what it says on the tin. Despite his disastrous 2008 campaign for the presidency, back in 2000, McCain was perceived quite differently. In fact, polls from his primary campaign showed him defeating Al Gore in many states, including California, Illinois, and Vermont, doing substantially...

  20. How big a victory can the Republicans get in 2004?

    Due to his popularity bump after 9/11, many political commentators felt President Bush would win reelection in 2004 by a substantial margin, if not an outright landslide. As late as mid-2004, many felt Bush would, at the very least, win reelection by carrying states like Pennsylvania, Michigan...
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