2008: Hillary Clinton Vs. Elizabeth Dole

On a "McCain 2000" thread, two proposed running mates for John McCain were Missouri Senator John Ashcroft and former Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole. Since I cannot find John McCain's running mate short list for 2000, what if Dole was McCain's running mate in 2000, served two terms as Vice President, and ran and won the Republican Party presidential nomination in 2008? Because some say without George W. Bush Barack Obama would be butterflied, it leaves an interesting election between former First Lady Hillary Clinton and former would-be First Lady Elizabeth Dole and makes history as the first election between two women.
 
Hillary wins big. I don't see McCain winning in 2000 (unless the Dems retake congress earlier than 2006) delaying the economic crisis, regardless of how 2000 went, the crisis still would've happened sometime in the late 2000s or early 2010. I think You'd need a POD of the late '70s or early 80s to do that.
 
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