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Chewing on the idea that Ross Perot was in many way a predecessor of Donald Trump got me thinking about this small analogue list of the previous 24 years of presidential politics itself getting shifted back 24 years.

Presidents of the United States
1969-1977: John J. McKeithen /Al Gore, Sr. (Democratic) [1]
1977-1985: Robert Taft, Jr. / Robert McNamara (Republican) [2]
1985-1993: Mickey Leland / Claiborne Pell (Democratic) [3]
1993-1997: Ross Perot / Tommy Thompson (Republican) [4]

[1]- As a young southern governor whose unlikely, but successful, presidential bid was joined by a member of the Gore family.
[2]- As the relative of a former president and the controversial former Secretary of Defense who became his vice president
[3]- As a charismatic black member of Congress who is joined by an older legislative colleague with foreign policy credentials.
[4]- As the eccentric, populist billionaire who runs with a relatively conventional Midwestern governor.