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  1. DBWI: Truman wins 1948?

    I know it seems virtually impossible, but what happens if Harry S. Truman somehow manages to win the 1948 presidential election?

  2. WI: No "Political Obituary of Nixon" (ABC, Smith, 1962)

    About a week after Richard Nixon's defeat and famous "last press conference" in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Howard K. Smith of ABC's News and Comment broadcast a half-hour program entitled The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon. Notoriously, the program had Alger Hiss on as a...

  3. AHC: "Fake King"-style coup

    Basically, is there any point in history (or any nation that has existed) where a group of conspirators could successfully commit a coup by assassinating the existing head of state and replacing them with an impostor? Or would people pick up on the differences between the original and the fake...

  4. DBWI: Video gaming in America survives post-1983

    Exactly as it says. How does one keep the video game industry alive in North America after the 1983 crash, if it's even possible? OOC: The 1983 crash wreaked HELL upon the gaming markets in NA. Keep Nintendo out, and the industry probably dies...decided to have a little fun with that.

  5. WI: Spanish Flu kills Rohm

    IOTL, October 1918, Ernst Rohm caught the Spanish Flu and was expected to die; however, he survived, and, well, the rest is history. What happens if the expectations are correct, and he does die?

  6. DBWI: Kennedy killed in Dallas, 11/22/63

    We all remember that harrowing moment in 1963 when a madman by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald opened fire on President Kennedy's convoy. His first shot missed and his next two shots only grazed the President. However, what if his aim had been better, and he'd successfully killed Jack? I think...

  7. WI: Kennedy wins Democratic nomination, 1980

    How could Ted Kennedy win the Democratic nomination for President in 1980, and would he win against Ronald Reagan?

  8. WI: Obama vs. Romney, 2008

    The 2012 election is run 4 years earlier. I'm expecting an Obama victory as OTL given the circumstances, but the question is, is this victory narrower or wider than OTL 2008? Also, who would Romney pick as his VP?

  9. WI: Gore picks Paul Wellstone for VP, 2000

    Would Al Gore pick Paul Wellstone as his running mate in 2000, and how would this change the makeup and outcome of the race, if it did? IMHO, Gore probably wins here. IOTL, Winona LaDuke described Wellstone as "a champion of the vast majority of our issues". Given that, this probably mends the...

  10. WI: Howard Baker doesn't dither on SCOTUS nomination

    According to the New York Times, we almost had a Justice Howard Baker; Nixon originally wanted to replace retiring Justice John Harlan II with Baker, but he dithered on the matter and Nixon subsequently nominated William Rehnquist instead. What happens if he doesn't dither; could he be...

  11. AHC/WI: "Black Scare" in U.S. against Fascism

    Challenge: With a POD somewhere between 1914 and 1945, create a series of events similar to the Red Scare(s) in the United States, with the difference being they are directed against Fascists and suspected spies for fascist countries instead of communism. The World Wars, presidential elections...

  12. WI: Nixon pardons himself

    Inspired by Drew's Fear, Loathing, and Gumbo, what happens if Nixon pardons himself of all charges, etc. relating to Watergate?

  13. AHC: Wallace/Thurmond in 1968

    Your challenge is to get Strom Thurmond as the running mate on George Wallace's American Independent Party ticket in the 1968 election, with a POD no earlier than November 4, 1964. Bonus points if they can deadlock the Electoral College.

  14. PC: Great Recession begins in GWB's first term

    Could the Great Recession plausibly begin in George W. Bush's first term?

  15. PC: Prevent the Reign of Terror

    Could the Reign of Terror in France be prevented, and how would this be achieved if possible?

  16. DBWI: No hung Electoral College in 1968

    What if George Wallace had failed in his ambitions to hang the electoral college in 1968? Who would be more likely to emerge triumphant, Humphrey or Nixon? And which one of them would be more likely to continue desegregation efforts without Wallace watching them over their shoulders? Discuss!

  17. WI: Entire US presidential line of succession killed.

    The entirety of the US presidential line of succession, from the Vice President all the way down to the Secretary of Homeland Security, is killed. Maybe there was a nuclear blast in Washington D.C. and no one had time to get out. Maybe there was a really powerful suicide bombing. Maybe the ASBs...

  18. WI: Obama vs Huckabee, 2008

    Inspired by TheWatcher's thread for the same scenario in 2012. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, after a (probably long and protracted) primary battle with John McCain and Mitt Romney, secures the Republican nomination for President in the 2008 election. Does Huckabee do better or worse than McCain...

  19. DBWI: Prop 8 succeeded

    As we all know, anti-gay groups got a measure on the ballot in California, known as Proposition 8, after the Supreme Court struck down the state's gay marriage ban. If the measure had succeeded, it would have enshrined a ban on gay marriage in the state's constitution. However, heavy turnout in...

  20. Post-WWII US President most likely to be a dictator

    Which US President, serving after World War II, could have become a dictator, given the right circumstances? I say Nixon and W. Bush are the two likeliest candidates, Nixon for spying on his political opponents (as authoritarian regimes are wont to do) and Bush for pushing through the PATRIOT...
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