AH Challenge: President Dale Patrick Moynihan

Your Challenge If you choose to accept it is to have the popular albeit somewhat Controversial Senator from New York who also served in four successive adminstrations become President of the United States. All Ideas are welcome
 
The easiest way would be to have Ford beat Carter in '76, have Kennedy (who ran in large part because he was disgusted with how badly Carter was running the joint) decline to run in 1980, and Daniel (not Dale) Patrick Moynihan decide to run, beats whoever in the primaries, and edges out whoever in the general.
 
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