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The only way I see Gore invading Iraq is if 9/11 is prevented in a Gore administration. If it's not, the focus would stay on defeating the Taliban, defeating Al Qaeda and bringing Bin Laden to justice, and stabilizing Afghanistan. Granted, we'd probably launch a few air strikes and cruise...

Personally, I think they'd be muzzled through the 1980's and the GOP would stay in the pragmatic Eisenhower/Nixon/Ford mold through the decade while the Democrats (and the Country at large) see a bit of a resurgence of New Deal liberalism (or some sort of Social Democracy emerges), only to see...

Also @Wendell, as others have said, 1980 would still be Reagan's last chance as it was in OTL. He'd not stand a chance in 1984 and if he did run and win, I doubt he'd be able to run for and serve a second term in 1988.

Reagan damn near beat Ford for the nomination in 1976. He could easily beat a weak candidate like Dole who would be Vice President in an unpopular administration. I could see Dole being the Republican's answer to Mondale in 1984 TTL though.

Then Governor of New York, Hugh Carey would be a strong contender for 1980 in a scenario where Ford wins in 76.

Most likely at least through 77 and 78 IMHO. Cheney likely holds on as chief of staff and Bush could be Secretary of State, as Kissinger was going to retire whether Ford won or not.

None really, IMHO. Reagan still likely gets elected Governor.

Tradition Holds (well, sort of): 32. Franklin Roosevelt / John Nance Garner (Democratic): 1933-1941 Def. 1932: Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (Republican) Def. 1936: Alf Landon / Frank Knox (Republican) 33. Wendell Willkie / Charles McNary (Republican): 1941-1944* Def. 1940: John Nance Garner...

Given the fact that Kerry came closer to winning the Presidency in circumstances more favorable to his opponent (Bush) than Romney did in circumstances that were less favorable to his opponent (Obama), I think Kerry wins, barring a disaster of a term.

Also, if Reagan is the nominee in 1980 (which I think is likely) and loses (again likely with Ford as the sitting President rather than Carter), is the GOP of the 1980s and 1990s more moderate? How Neoliberal do the Democrats get with both the "New Left" (McGovern) and the "New South" (Carter)...

Does this make the Democrats more neutral on Abortion to? I would think so anyway.

The 1976 between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter was a close one, Carter went on to win, only to preside over a difficult term and lose in a landslide to Ronald Reagan, and is remembered as a below average to poor President. So what would Ford's legacy be if he won in 1976 and presided over the...

Why would he pick Dole? One could argue Dole hurt Ford in '76, why would Reagan pick him in 1980 after the fact? Does Ford keep Rocky on the ticket instead?

Disregard. Will edit.

She did okay. Not as skilled a politician as her husband, but she also had a tougher Presidency coming in with the financial crisis. Quite frankly, if she didn't have so much personal baggage or was at least made of the same teflon as her husband or Reagan, she would've won a second term by a...

IMHO, Post WWII Cultural Decades: The 50's: 1953-1963 Early 50's: 1953-54 Core 50's: 1955-60 Late 50's: 1961-63 The 60's: 1964-1973 Early 60's: 1964-65 Core 60's: 1966-70 Late 60's: 1971-73 The 70's: 1974-1981 Early 70's: 1974-75 Core 70's: 1976-78 Late 70's: 1979-81 The 80's: 1982-1990...

Birch E. Bayh Jr., who defeated Former California Governor Ronald Reagan in the 1976 Presidential election and served as the 38th President of the United States from 1977-1981, died earlier today. The President who signed sweeping Healthcare reform in late 1977 and signed Electoral Reform in...

Republicans win in Democratic Years of OTL and Vice Versa: 37. Hubert Humphrey / Edmund Muskie (Democratic): 1969-1977 Def. 1968: Richard Nixon / Spiro Agnew (Republican), George Wallace / Curtis LeMay (American Independent) Def. 1972: Nelson Rockefeller / Jim Rhodes (Republican) 38. Ronald...

I don't think Gore goes as far as Dubya did in pulling us out of the 2001 recession (this is especially true if Greenspan wants a Republican back in the White House in 2004), so I think an even weaker recovery from that recession than OTL would happen, thus delaying the Financial Crisis to 2009...

The best President since 2000 was Hillary Clinton. She wasn't perfect and like her husband couldn't keep her nose cleaned, but she set Romney up pretty nicely economically and started to right some of the wrongs McCain made abroad. Kerry was a lame duck from the start, McCain had the Iran and...