AH Challenge...

An extremely difficult one. With a PoD of no earlier than 1998, have Anne Coulter become President by 2008.
 
An extremely difficult one. With a PoD of no earlier than 1998, have Anne Coulter become President by 2008.

98 is iffy... she already got fired from msnbc twice for being a REALLY partisan douche... I need to butterfly away the trashing the former abassador during her funeral and getting all snippy on the disabled vietnam vet

her books and columns to that point haven't been utterly derailing; but the tv stuff can't be there

so pod 97 (take away my bonus points) coulter takes her position at msnbc more seriously and decides to behave herself a little bit more (still being conservative, just not being a jerk)

Bill O' Reilly's sexual harassment/cheating blah blah blah breaks earlier and is more intensely scrutinized than otl and he is forced to resign; coulter is hired to host the factor

coulter hosts the factor from 98 to 06 where she runs for governor of new york against elliot spitzer

coulter has a lot of name recognition but still polls double digits behind spitzer

spitzer prostitute scandal breaks 5 days before the 06 election and destroys him and it allows coulter to win the election

coulter does ok the first two years, carefully not running her mouth too much enjoying the last vestages of the housing boom

she resigns in mid 2007; announces she is running for president (avoids the bubble bursting)

she is able to fire up the base far more than McCain and Romney and is beloved on talk radio and wins the primary

Obama decides not to run as the economy starts to tank; thinking that 2008 will be like 1976; where winning isn't the best thing you can possibly do

Hillary decides not to run either because Bill's heart condition continues to be serious and he can't travel much (less robust recovery than otl)

John Edwards beats the field

John Edwards polls 6-9 points higher than coulter

John Edwards out of wedlock baby, misuing funds to bankroll his mistress etc breaks out a week before the election

Coulter wins in a squeaker :D
 
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