In this scenario, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole is the Republican presidential nominee of 1992 but loses to the Democratic nominee. There are many ways to achieve this. The first one I could think of is a Bush presidency from 1985-1993. Depending on who Bush's vice president is (possibly Jack Kemp), depends on whether Dole can defeat them and win the nomination. The other way I thought of is having a Democrat (possibly Al Gore) win the United States Presidential Election of 1988 and defeat Dole in 1992. In such scenarios, how do you think the Republican Party Presidential primaries of 1996 would look without the 'favorite son'? Pat Buchanan would probably not be the nominee because he was seen as too far to the right. Do you think George W. Bush would give the nomination a shot despite being Governor for such a short time?