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In 1976 Reagan defeated Ford at the GOP convention only to be trounced by Jimmy Carter in the general, but four years later George Bush beat Carter and served two relatively successful terms as President. Meanwhile his eldest son, George W., gave up alcohol in 1986 and started an acclaimed baseball career - never to return to politics after his 1978 loss to Congressman Kent Hance. His second youngest son Jeb was elected Governor of Florida in 1994 and became the 43rd US President in 2001. But let's say that Reagan narrowly fails to primary Ford in 1976 and a Reagan/Bush ticket wins in 1980. Instead of Dole, it's Bush running in 1988 and he hires his son George W. - who's now cleaned up his act, unlike in 1980 and 1984 when he was refused a position in his father's campaigns - to help out and as a result "Dubya" has a renewed interest in politics. He runs for Governor of Texas in 1994 and is elected President in 2000. What would he have done differently from Jeb?
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