AHC: The boll weevil Democrats survive

By the early 1990's the name "Boll Weevil" had fallen out of favor and the remaining moderate-to-conservative (mostly southern) Democrats in Congress were calling themselves "blue dogs" by the mid-1990's. They were probably doomed in the long run anyway, but more of them would have survived if Bush had won in 1992, because the midterm elections would then be much less favorable for the GOP. (1994 in OTL was tough for Democrats in general, but especially tough for them in conservative-leaning districts.)
 
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