Challenge: POTUS Newt Gingrich

That's easy have an assassination attempt on clinton succeed in which both he and Al Gore both die. Gingrich becomes president due to the line of succession.
 
Actually, I think the best POD is 1994:

The GOP takes the Senate and makes massive gains in the House, but not enough to take control of The House.

Gingrich becomes leader of a strong minority party (say a 5-10 seat minority) in the House with a GOP Senate to work with to check Clinton through 1996.

No government shutdown in '95, with a sluggish ecconomy plus an intensifying Whitewater investigation bogging down Clinton, Gingrich uses The Contact With America to galvanize the GOP base and appeal to Independents and Reagan Democrats.

Gingrich secures the nomination over Dole in the primaries and picks John McCain as his running mate.

Gingrich/McCain over Clinton/Gore in a close one in '96, IF Perot runs. Comfortable margin if Perot doesn't run.
 
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