How to get two women to run a country consecutively without falling into ASB

Well, what can I do to justify them beating the challengers?
I suggest you look at the history of Sri Lanka. Where the stipulation has happened, except for the being in a different party bit and introduce a valid reason for that relationship breaking down, perhaps a row over the respective powers of president and pm.
 
George W. Bush doesn't run in 2000, and the nomination goes to Elizabeth Dole, who wins. She gets re-elected in 2004. In 2008, Hillary Clinton beats John McCain and is re-elected in 2012.
 
. . in 2000, and the nomination goes to Elizabeth Dole, who wins. . .
I like Libby Dole. She was Reagan’s Secretary of Transportation and Bush, Sr.’s Secretary of Labor. And then she served as president of the Red Cross.

But . . by 2000, she had not yet been a U.S. Senator.

She would be elected North Carolina Senator in 2002. Doesn’t make it impossible her winning the presidency before, but does make it more difficult.
 
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I like Libby Dole. She was Reagan’s Secretary of Transportation and Bush, Sr.’s Secretary of Labor. And then she served as president of the Red Cross.

But . . by 2000, she had not yet been a U.S. Senator.

She would be elected North Carolina Senator in 2002. Doesn’t make it impossible her winning the presidency before, but does make it more difficult.

FWIW, "The New Hampshire poll of "likely Republican primary voters" showed [Libby] Dole leading with 27 percent and Bush close behind, within the survey's margin of error, at 23 percent." http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/01/06/president.2000/poll/

In other words, even with GW Bush in the race, at least one poll showed Libby Dole leading in the first primary! If for some reason Bush were not in the race (I gave as my POD Clayton Williams running a better campaign for governor of Texas in 1990 and winning) it is certainly plausible that she would get a lot of his OTL Establishment support and win the nomination.
 
FWIW, "The New Hampshire poll of "likely Republican primary voters" . . .
Jan. 1999 is so early that numbers seem to change a lot depending on how the question is asked.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/01/06/president.2000/poll/

The New Hampshire poll of "likely Republican primary voters" showed Dole leading with 27 percent and Bush close behind, within the survey's margin of error, at 23 percent.

But asked which candidate would be the strongest challenger in a general election against the Democrats, Bush led the pack of GOP hopefuls with 37 percent support, compared to 22 percent for Dole.
This second question is kind of like the gameshow "Family Feud" in which you're trying to predict how other people will answer.
 
Rejig a couple of election results in Bangladesh. You have two long-term women leaders of competing parties who don't quite swap Premierships, but could easily have done so.
 
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