AHC: President Harry Turtledove

With a POD no earlier than June 14th, 1949, his date of birth, make Harry Norman Turtledove President of the United States.
 
He becomes a scientist like he wanted to initially *he said somewhere in an interview that was what he originally wanted to do*. then he harneses the power of the Alien Space Bats to get himself elected.
 
For whatever random reason, he gets into politics?

But this would be a tragedy as all his alternate history books that we know and love would not exist. :confused::eek:
 
Have his book and the AH genre become more popular, maybe have him write magazine articles and newspaper columns on the side, make his name well known, and have a few of his opinions seen as cutting edge, and have one in particular touch on an issue/event that makes him seen as a visionary/authority.

Have him drafted as a third party cannidate, and by use of grassroots and social media, gets enough support to make it to the debates, where he tears both cannidates a new one. Wins in November in a squeaker.
 
I've often wondered if we're living in an AHC were the challenge was to make Newt Gingrich, Alternate History author, Speaker of the House.
 
Would Turtledove be more liberal or conservative? He's from California, a very liberal state, but some of his novels have come across to me as conservative-thinking (The Man With an Iron Heart especially).
 
Have him be more involved in real-life politics, writing and speaking, then have him launch a run for Governor after he is more well known. (If Republican preferably 2002 recall election), He becomes California Governor and he preforms admirably well, and have him run in 2012 as a successful Businessman and Governor, beat the crazies in the Primaries, and beat Obama in a respectable margin.
 
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