Hart Administration?

Has anyone done a tl where Gary Hart was elected President in 1988? It seems like this would be an easy POD to create.

What are the issues you would think would come up with.

How about--
Hart/Gore 1989-1997
Gore 1997-2001 (Defeats Bob Dole)
Jeb Bush 2001-2009

For a line of succession?
 
I worked for Gary Hart. I am so glad he kept his pants zipped or was more discrete. We get Motor Voter and Family Leave four years earlier. With his congressional experience, we could get a health program through. The bad economy in 1992 is a big problem for reelection.
 
Has anyone done a tl where Gary Hart was elected President in 1988? It seems like this would be an easy POD to create.

What are the issues you would think would come up with.

How about--
Hart/Gore 1989-1997
Gore 1997-2001 (Defeats Bob Dole)
Jeb Bush 2001-2009

For a line of succession?

I think Dole would be the nominee in '92 if Hart defeats Bush in '88. Dole being the nominee and running a similar campaign to 1996 OTL is the only way I see a Democrat elected in 1988 being re elected in 1992. I could see Gore defeating someone along the lines of Carroll Campbell, Pete Wilson, Newt Gingrich, Phil Graham, or maybe Lamar Alexander in 1996, and that's if he campaigns better than he did in 2000 OTL. I love the idea of Hart defeating Bush though. He's the only democrat I can see getting elected in 88 and re elected in 92.
 
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