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The POD is the following: assume Clinton decides to stick with the New Deal liberals and doesn't jump on the DLC bandwagon. As a result, he governs as a traditional socially moderate, fiscal liberal and probably does about the same politically in Arkansas. Come 1992, the Democratic primaries are largely devoid of established heavyweights and Clinton runs on a New Deal platform as opposed to the Third Way of OTL. This is where I ask a couple questions:

1. Does he still beat Paul Tsongas and Jerry Brown as in OTL and clinches the nomination?

2. How well does he do in the general election? Does he still manage to win against Bush and Perot?

My thinking is that he would do about as well in OTL barring any major gaffes or scandals coming out of his campaign. He won due to his personality and strength of his campaign message, not on the inherent appeal of his ideas to Americans. After all, Hillary, Gore, and Kerry ran on similar ideas and they all lost due to their lack of charisma and lackluster campaigns(especially the latter two).
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