AH Challenge: Make Ronald Reagan A One-Term President

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.
 
On March 30, 1981, Bernard Hinkley completely misses Reagan in an assassination attempt. The president grins, makes a cowboy joke and after some shaky moments, simply gets back to work.

The government does not stop for a few hours/days as Reagan recovers. World leaders from Brezhnev to Thatcher do not pause to send condolences. The Democrats who helped elect him do not press their congressmen and senators to give the president sympathy votes over Reaganomics. After all, the plan was considered risky by many. Key components do not pass.

Inflation does not drop as much in 1983 and 1984 and as a result Reagan is no longer undefeatable. [Help needed with some economic POD's] A moderate Democrat like John Glenn takes center stage in 1984 and wins. Or: Teddy runs and wins.
 
Carter...

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.
 
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.

Reagan's already been elected by January 1st 1981 ;)
 
This actually isn't *that* hard. IIRC, Reagan had an approval rating of like 35% in 1983 (before voodoo economics made everything better :rolleyes:). Just keep the economy down in the dumps for a bit longer, and the 'Reagan Revolution' might be abruptly ended by the likes of Teddy Kennedy.
 
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