AHC: President Santorum

Exactly what it says on the tin. With a POD no earlier than his election to the Senate ,make Rick "Frothy" Santorum become President of the United States.
 

CaliGuy

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Exactly what it says on the tin. With a POD no earlier than his election to the Senate ,make Rick "Frothy" Santorum become President of the United States.
Have him become the fiery populist that Trump became but earlier and thus have him steal Trump's thunder in 2016.
 
Santorum isn't really as much of a firebreather as people suggest, so I'm wondering if there's any way for him to be elected as 'merely' a hard right winger in the mold of Gingrich, rather than as a christian fundamentalist.
 
Perhaps John McCain manages to wrest the nomination from Bush (DUI comes out right before SC?) and decides to grab a solid conservative as his running mate, Santorum, who also happens to be from a swing state. The ticket wins in Nov. 2000, and McCain dies in office at some point, allowing Santorum to ascend to the presidency. On paper, Santorum is a great running mate and certainly worthy of a look.
 
It would be relatively easy for him to win the Republican nomination; have him emerge as the dominant conservative in the race and the evangelicals will flock to him, even if he isn't particularly electable. To win the general election, he would probably have to go against an unpopular Democratic nominee/incumbent. Off the top of my head, I can think of two scenarios: Santorum wins his Senate re-election in 2006 (though, considering how much he lost by, that might require an AHC of its own) and successfully runs for the Republican nomination in 2008. Meanwhile the Democrats nominate John Edwards, and his affair comes out as an October surprise. Or, Obama's first term has a lot of blunders (I once saw a Romney TL that did this, starting with the assassination of Osama bin Laden being unsuccessful) and Santorum beats him in 2012.
 
Exactly what it says on the tin. With a POD no earlier than his election to the Senate ,make Rick "Frothy" Santorum become President of the United States.
Have Bush die in a car crash, then John McCain becomes President, then he dies in 9/11 and his VP Cheney becomes President, then Colin Powell becomes President, then Kasich runs for President and puts Santorum on the ticket as his running mate, then have Kasich die in a plane crash. There's youreally President Santorum
 
Have Bush die in a car crash, then John McCain becomes President, then he dies in 9/11 and his VP Cheney becomes President, then Colin Powell becomes President, then Kasich runs for President and puts Santorum on the ticket as his running mate, then have Kasich die in a plane crash. There's youreally President Santorum
This seems near-ridiculously convoluted.
 
Have Bush die in a car crash, then John McCain becomes President, then he dies in 9/11 and his VP Cheney becomes President, then Colin Powell becomes President, then Kasich runs for President and puts Santorum on the ticket as his running mate, then have Kasich die in a plane crash. There's youreally President Santorum
That's sound really familiar
 
Have Bush die in a car crash, then John McCain becomes President, then he dies in 9/11 and his VP Cheney becomes President, then Colin Powell becomes President, then Kasich runs for President and puts Santorum on the ticket as his running mate, then have Kasich die in a plane crash. There's youreally President Santorum
Well done
 
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