Your challenge is thus; to make Ronald Reagan a one-term President with a POD after January 1st, 1981. He must serve a full term as President, so Assassination, resignation or death are off limits.
Assassination, resignation or death are off limits.
What about Able Archer 83 triggering WWIII ?
("A Very Bad Term: 1980-84" ?)
Death is not an option.
Death is not an option.
Carter handles the Hostage Crisis well, and works better with Congress. He doesn't seem like a total idiot, and gets a second term. Regan gets elected, but by the end of his first term, his age is a major factor for a second, and he looses.