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McCain had a hard time picking a new Vice President, since any Republican with political ambitions did not want to be tied to a controversial and deeply unpopular administration they felt was doomed in 2012, and almost everyone without ambition wanted a nice retirement rather than dealing with the pressure and publicity of being the new Vice President. Eventually, McCain settled on Charlie Crist, the recently defeated Governor of Florida, since having lost reelection his hopes for political advancement had been damaged, but he was still desperate enough for any position to try and salvage his career. Crist was easily confirmed by the Senate.
 
Even the slightest differences in a world can make it count as "alternate". So...

P.S. Wikipedia doesn't like certain images, so I have to improvise.

Anyway...

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(DISCLAIMER: Not a “your-mayor-becomes-president” challenge, just a quick 2020 TL)

Not quite breaking any glass ceilings, but, regardless, sweeping up a mess

The Donald has so far survived two impeachment votes, three recessions, countless riots and one questionable ‘coup d'etat’ – but will it finally be the 2020 presidential elections that stump the Trump?
– Subtitle to Vice article, 2019

Unfortunately, yes, there is still a significant division between democrats, largely to do with the traditionalist and progressive factions. I would wish that we could move past that fact, but, honestly, the memory 2016 is still fresh in all our minds. […] it seems you’re either progressive or your, um, ‘establishment’.
– Keith Ellison speaking on BBC Hardtalk, 2019

“HINDSIGHT IS 2020”
– Meme circulated on social media, 2019

Bernie Sanders says no plans for 2020 campaign, cites recent cardiac arrest
– NPR, 2019

…in addition to Sanders, the handful of speculative Democratic candidates who have so far declined to run for office are charismatic Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana, long-time progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren, firebrand New York Mayor Bill De Baiso, southerner Governor John Bell Edwards of Louisiana, and former democratic Vice President Joe Biden, who is still mourning the untimely loss of his wife Jill…
– extract from an electoral article from The Guardian, 2019

JULIAN CASTRO has, in the past, been a perennial candidate for the nomination of Vice President (especially for 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton), with a lengthy track record whilst serving as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who might gain some momentum from the fast-growing population of Democratic voters in his home state of Texas, but will likely meet opposition for his ‘establishment’ background…

TOM WOLF is the former Governor of Pennsylvania, after suspending his 2018 re-election campaign whilst undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, of which is now in healthy recession. His blue-collar background and history of progressive policies, such as infamous moratorium on the death penalty, has earned him praise from progressive faction dual heads Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer. could earn him the loyalty of those wishing for another Bernie...

TULSI GABBARD first came to national attention after her endorsement of Bernie Sanders at the 2016 DNC, and has since been a key player in the Democratic party’s progressive faction, despite her disputed background as such. An environmentalist and veteran Senator from Hawaii, Gabbard could very well offer a second chance for voters who want a woman in the white house…

ERIC GARCETTI is the incumbent mayor of Los Angeles. Whilst not possessing as much of a firebrand personality, Garcetti has, post-Trump, had a lengthy history fighting for the rights of his citizens, especially for various minority and LGBTQ groups, as well as a lifetime history of supporting alternate energy sources. While fellow Californian and incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom (in response to the 2018 arrest of his superior Jerry Brown) has decided not to run this year, Garcetti should make an able substitution…

– Extract from a Washington Post article on the “Top 4” announced candidates, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard – 25%
Julian Castro – 15%
Tom Wolf – 14%
Eric Garcetti – 11%
Tina Kotek – 4%
Joe Manchin – 3%
Tom Steyer – 1%
Other – 7%
Undecided – 19%

– Opinion polls for 2020 Democratic Candidates, Jan. 1st, 2020

Tom Steyer suspends campaign, blames “business-phobic voters” for low polling
–Slate

Manchin, Kotek suspend campaigns due to lack of exposure
– various

Polls show voters conflicted about Castro’s past ties to Hillary
– Politico

These recent ‘leaks’ about Gabbard’s electoral past are nothing new
– Huffington Post

Gabbard balks, Garcetti and Wolf make gains after first Dem candidate debate
– MSNBC

Trump mocks apparent frontrunner Tom Wolf for “low energy”
- CNN

Castro’s “average white male” campaign comments stirs controversy
– New York Times

BREAKING: Wolf collapses after rally in Huston
- BBC

Doctors reportedly urge Wolf to suspend campaign, ‘cancer flare-up’ suspected
– USAToday

Tom Wolf – 24%
Eric Garcetti – 23%
Julian Castro – 19%
Tulsi Gabbard - 18%
Other – 6%
Undecided – 10%

– Opinion polls for 2020 Democratic Candidates, just prior to the dropping out of Tom Wolf

“Don’t be upsetti, have some Garcetti”
– meme circulated just prior to the DNC

Does anyone else notice he kinda looks like that guy from Quantum Leap?
– Stephen Colbert, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

Garcetti set to take nomination as Gabbard and Castro drop in polls
– Washington Post

Eric Garcetti – 42%
Julian Castro – 28%
Tulsi Gabbard - 16%
Other – 2%
Undecided – 12%

– Opinion polls on the eve of the DNC

“#EASTCOASTVSWESTCOAST2020”
– Hashtag circulated on social media following Garcetti’s nomination

Caucus whip Hakeem Jefferies introduced as Vice President nominee at DNC
- USAToday

@realDonaldTrump: “@ericgarcetti only tapping @RepJefferies for VP to nab minority vote. Won’t work, pathetic!

Polling numbers fluctuate as disenfranchised workers flock to Democrats
– Fivethirtyeight

Trump shows off most advanced word in vocabulary, calls Garcetti ‘milquetoast’ in twitter rant
– The Onion

Garcetti attacks Trump over failure to keep campaign promises, climate change denial, in first debate
– New York Times

“What kinda godforsaken name is ‘Hack-em’ anyway?”; Pence makes several seemingly racist gaffes at Vice Presidential debate
– The Independent

…at this point, hopefully, people will be voting Democrat just to end this nightmare.
– Van Jones during CNN live election night coverage

It shouldn’t be this close, should it? Why are the numbers this close? WHY IS IT THIS CLOSE WHAT IS HAPPENING
– many, many voters, during election night

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(DISCLAIMER: Not a “your-mayor-becomes-president” challenge, just a quick 2020 TL)

Not quite breaking any glass ceilings, but, regardless, sweeping up a mess

The Donald has so far survived two impeachment votes, three recessions, countless riots and one questionable ‘coup d'etat’ – but will it finally be the 2020 presidential elections that stump the Trump?
– Subtitle to Vice article, 2019

Unfortunately, yes, there is still a significant division between democrats, largely to do with the traditionalist and progressive factions. I would wish that we could move past that fact, but, honestly, the memory 2016 is still fresh in all our minds. […] it seems you’re either progressive or your, um, ‘establishment’.
– Keith Ellison speaking on BBC Hardtalk, 2019

“HINDSIGHT IS 2020”
– Meme circulated on social media, 2019

Bernie Sanders says no plans for 2020 campaign, cites recent cardiac arrest
– NPR, 2019

…in addition to Sanders, the handful of speculative Democratic candidates who have so far declined to run for office are charismatic Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana, long-time progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren, firebrand New York Mayor Bill De Baiso, southerner Governor John Bell Edwards of Louisiana, and former democratic Vice President Joe Biden, who is still mourning the untimely loss of his wife Jill…
– extract from an electoral article from The Guardian, 2019

JULIAN CASTRO has, in the past, been a perennial candidate for the nomination of Vice President (especially for 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton), with a lengthy track record whilst serving as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who might gain some momentum from the fast-growing population of Democratic voters in his home state of Texas, but will likely meet opposition for his ‘establishment’ background…

TOM WOLF is the former Governor of Pennsylvania, after suspending his 2018 re-election campaign whilst undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, of which is now in healthy recession. His blue-collar background and history of progressive policies, such as infamous moratorium on the death penalty, has earned him praise from progressive faction dual heads Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer. could earn him the loyalty of those wishing for another Bernie...

TULSI GABBARD first came to national attention after her endorsement of Bernie Sanders at the 2016 DNC, and has since been a key player in the Democratic party’s progressive faction, despite her disputed background as such. An environmentalist and veteran Senator from Hawaii, Gabbard could very well offer a second chance for voters who want a woman in the white house…

ERIC GARCETTI is the incumbent mayor of Los Angeles. Whilst not possessing as much of a firebrand personality, Garcetti has, post-Trump, had a lengthy history fighting for the rights of his citizens, especially for various minority and LGBTQ groups, as well as a lifetime history of supporting alternate energy sources. While fellow Californian and incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom (in response to the 2018 arrest of his superior Jerry Brown) has decided not to run this year, Garcetti should make an able substitution…

– Extract from a Washington Post article on the “Top 4” announced candidates, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard – 25%
Julian Castro – 15%
Tom Wolf – 14%
Eric Garcetti – 11%
Tina Kotek – 4%
Joe Manchin – 3%
Tom Steyer – 1%
Other – 7%
Undecided – 19%

– Opinion polls for 2020 Democratic Candidates, Jan. 1st, 2020

Tom Steyer suspends campaign, blames “business-phobic voters” for low polling
–Slate

Manchin, Kotek suspend campaigns due to lack of exposure
– various

Polls show voters conflicted about Castro’s past ties to Hillary
– Politico

These recent ‘leaks’ about Gabbard’s electoral past are nothing new
– Huffington Post

Gabbard balks, Garcetti and Wolf make gains after first Dem candidate debate
– MSNBC

Trump mocks apparent frontrunner Tom Wolf for “low energy”
- CNN

Castro’s “average white male” campaign comments stirs controversy
– New York Times

BREAKING: Wolf collapses after rally in Huston
- BBC

Doctors reportedly urge Wolf to suspend campaign, ‘cancer flare-up’ suspected
– USAToday

Tom Wolf – 24%
Eric Garcetti – 23%
Julian Castro – 19%
Tulsi Gabbard - 18%
Other – 6%
Undecided – 10%

– Opinion polls for 2020 Democratic Candidates, just prior to the dropping out of Tom Wolf

“Don’t be upsetti, have some Garcetti”
– meme circulated just prior to the DNC

Does anyone else notice he kinda looks like that guy from Quantum Leap?
– Stephen Colbert, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

Garcetti set to take nomination as Gabbard and Castro drop in polls
– Washington Post

Eric Garcetti – 42%
Julian Castro – 28%
Tulsi Gabbard - 16%
Other – 2%
Undecided – 12%

– Opinion polls on the eve of the DNC

“#EASTCOASTVSWESTCOAST2020”
– Hashtag circulated on social media following Garcetti’s nomination

Caucus whip Hakeem Jefferies introduced as Vice President nominee at DNC
- USAToday

@realDonaldTrump: “@ericgarcetti only tapping @RepJefferies for VP to nab minority vote. Won’t work, pathetic!

Polling numbers fluctuate as disenfranchised workers flock to Democrats
– Fivethirtyeight

Trump shows off most advanced word in vocabulary, calls Garcetti ‘milquetoast’ in twitter rant
– The Onion

Garcetti attacks Trump over failure to keep campaign promises, climate change denial, in first debate
– New York Times

“What kinda godforsaken name is ‘Hack-em’ anyway?”; Pence makes several seemingly racist gaffes at Vice Presidential debate
– The Independent

…at this point, hopefully, people will be voting Democrat just to end this nightmare.
– Van Jones during CNN live election night coverage

It shouldn’t be this close, should it? Why are the numbers this close? WHY IS IT THIS CLOSE WHAT IS HAPPENING
– many, many voters, during election night

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How does Garcetti win Kentucky but not Colorado, Pennsylvania, or Delaware?
 
Also those turnout numbers make no sense, the electorate would have to have shrunk several% for Garcetti to win less raw votes than Obama 2012 on 58% turnout
 
The last one for tonight.

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The Uplift Wars were rather bloody, to say the least.

"We... we have underestimated them. The hyenas, those bloody ghouls... Damn them. Damn them all. Those mad beasts have bled us dry - we are still scouring the mountains for them, terrified for our lives. It's too hard to see anything in the mist - and that's what those hyenas want. Every single minute, they are dragging away dozens of our sons. We won't let them have their victory. I'd rather bomb the entire mountain down than let any more of us die".
~ An excerpt from the memoirs of a Tanzanian soldier "fondly" remembering the battle.
 

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In Power is a collaborative play by British playwrights William Douglas-Home and Iain Macleod. The play was first produced in 1963 by Chichester Festival Theatre in Chichester, England. Initially written by Macleod as a biography of his time as the Private Secretary of former Prime Minister Iorwerth Jones, Macleod would expand on the fictionalised Jones, who quickly evolved into a fictionalisation of then Prime Minister George Blocket.

Originally titled 'Questions for the Prime Minister', the play is a satire that largely revolves around the brief Premiership of Fredrick, a Foreign Secretary of a scandal ridden Government who is thrust against his will into the role of Prime Minister. Set mainly in his Office at Downing Street, the play confronts the emotional strain Fredrick is put under as he is forced to cope with the burden of both the extraordinary power and impotency of the office, his strained relationship with his wife, the pressures of the Cabinet to pursue conflicting policies, and of the overbearing President Lyndon (based on then sitting President John Merwin). The play concludes on Fredrick's defeat in a General Election, and his replacement by 'Harold', who through the play had heckled the Prime Minister from the peanut gallery, and his decision to resign as Leader in favour of his Whip, 'Ed'.

The initial production was produced by Sir Laurence Oliver and directed by Macleod himself. It opened on October 19, 1963, and closed after 45 performances despite strong reviews, largely due to little interest at the time. It starred Alec Douglas-Home, William Douglas-Home's brother, as Fredrick.

A sequel to the play would eventually be produced as the TV Series In Power. It ran for four seasons.

An American version of play would be produced in 1974, starring Gerald Ford and translated for American audiences.

The play would experience three major revivals: 1976, 1990, 2007, and most recently in 2016. The 1990 and 2016 productions would star the lead actors of Grey Men and Red Boxes and The High Castle- Roy Major and Theresa May, respectively- in the role of Fredrick.

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Alexander Frederick "Alec" Douglas-Home, the 14th Earl Home, KT (2 July 1903 – 3 January 1996) was a British actor and cricketer. Noted for his stage presence and physicality, Home garnering attention for his various roles in pre-war films, however is best remembered for his performance as Lawrence Queen in the 1968 movie, A Serious Man, which earned him nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well lesser roles in the movie The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and television series such as In Power, Situation Room, The Bush War, The Hurd Diaries, and Furthering Heights. He starred in various stage plays, often for his brother, the playwright William Douglas-Home, and had a famously strained relationship with writer Iain Macleod.

A keen political activist, Home entered the House of Lords following his fathers death in 1951 and sat as a Conservative member until his death in 1996. He married Elizabeth Percy, the daughter of the Duke of Northumberland, with whom he had four children, including the Politician Lilian Douglas-Home, and Economist Charles Douglas-Home. He died on January 3 1996 of renal failure aged 92.
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A Serious Man is a 1968 British-French political thriller film directed by Sidney J. Furie, with a screenplay by Edward du Cann. The film stars Alec Douglas-Home as Newspaper Baron Lawrence King, who, following an incident, goes mad, and, after having his request for an Earlship rejected by the Prime Minster (played by James Callaghan), decides to launch a coup against the Government, who he believes is trying to destroy the country. Dorothy Cavendish plays Agnes Queen, his wife who spurs him on to take down the Government, and Harold Evans as his untrusting assistant. Playing with themes of paranoia, anxiety, and conspiracy, the film presents a detailed depictions of shadowy back room cables and brutal political conflicts.

The film was the second highest grossing movie in Britain in 1968, and received a warm critical reception, with critics citing Home's performance as Lawrence Queen as "electrifying", though were critical of the pacing of the film and the script. Despite this, the film would win a Golden Globe for best picture, with Home nominated for an Academy Award.


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