DBWI: No October 12th Bombings?

Just thought I'd post a thread in the memory of the 187 people who were killed in the Chicago subway bombings 25 years ago, by the Aryan Nations.

BTW, what do you think would have happened if there were no bombings? Would Bruce Babbitt have won a term in 1988, as he did IOTL? Would Joe Biden have had his two successful terms in office from 1992-2000, particularly for being tough on domestic terrorism? And would Romney have had his two terms succeeding Biden?

And what of Europe's Neo Nazis? Would Jorg Haider have RPGed that train in Berlin in 1994, killing over 80 people? And could the National Front in Britain have allied themselves with Taliban in order to "fight world Zionism[1]", as they called it?

[1] Of course, there is no such thing, but they don't care.
 
You might be able to change some things. Without the rally-round-the-flag effect after the bombings, Babbitt would likely still have won, though it would have been much closer. Robertson would likely have gotten the Republican nomination, seeing as he was the favorite before the backlash against extremism largely scuttled his candidacy.
 
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