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This thread does not propose that President George W. Bush run for a third term in 2008. What it does propose is, John McCain winning the Republican nomination in 2000 and becoming president. How much longer would Bush serve as governor of Texas? Bush runs for president again in 2008 against Romney, Huckabee, and Paul and defeats them, winning the nomination in 2008. In OTL, Bush chose Cheney for Vice President and Rumsfeld for Secretary of Defense because advisers from his father's presidency were pivotal for an invasion of Iraq. Would he choose the same people ATL?
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