Before anyone asks, yes, this is a thread inspired by "Political Animals." On that show, the main character is a clear Hillary Clinton analogue, but her circumstances do not match that of the current Secretary of State exactly. Instead of becoming a Senator from New York, she became the Governor of Illinois after the end of her husband's term in office. My challenge here is, make that circumstance a historical reality. Have Hillary elected Governor of Illinois after the end of Bill Clinton's Presidency. I know this is highly unlikely, approaching the limits of implausibility. And yet I want to impose more restrictions, if at all possible, I am interested in seeing if this can be achieved without a premature end of the Clinton Presidency. That is no defeat in 1996, no successful assassination attempt, no resignation, etc. Bill Clinton is President from January 1993-January 2001 as per historical reality.
Again I realize plausibility issues, here mostly due to comparative lack of political spotlight involved along with other issues, but I am curious what the consequences might be.
What kind of Governor would Hillary Clinton have made? And how would a career as Governor rather than as Senator have impacted her eventual Presidential ambitions?
Yes I know, this is probably a bad idea for any number of reasons.