With a POD of January 1, 2007, have Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani be their respective parties' 2008 presidential nominees. Only domestic PODs may be used, and no incapacitation of other candidates is allowed.
Ryan's dropping out was very last minute IIRC. Keyes basically was just a fill-in.Ron Paul stays in Texas.
The Illinois Republicans nominate someone besides Alan Keyes to replace Jack Ryan.
Well have Obama not run, with whatever small POD needed, and youve got a Hillary Democratic win. Giuliani would need a much more precise campaign, with less focused on so little. Picking up the far right could place him 2nd in Iowa, and maybe a good showing in New Hampshire could lead him to an upset in South Carolina.Giuliani shows well through out the campaign, but finishes mainly in 2nd to McCain and Romney. McCain goes into the RNC as the presumptive nominee but suffers some kind of health problem and is forced to drop out, throwing his endorsement and delegates to Giuliani who, along with his delegates from the runner up finishes, is able to take the nomination. He would end up losing to Hillary any way....
And it took the Republicans some time to find a stand in as I remember things. The election quickly became a obvious Obama victory once he was running unopposed for a few weeks, if Jack Ryan's divorce papers hadn't decided that already. I thought Obama was obviously going to win after Jack Ryan stepped out, but I also thought that the Republicans would pick an Alf Landon. You know, an "We're obviously going to lose so we are going to nominate an unassuming candidate who won't say much in order to keep up appearances"-type. I thought after Jack Ryan, the last thing the Illinois GOP would want would be to humiliate itself further. Needless to say, I was wrong.Ryan's dropping out was very last minute IIRC. Keyes basically was just a fill-in.
Simple on the Republican side. Have Dick Cheney resign for reasons of health, and Rudy replaces him. Rudy comes into the primary season as an incumbant.With a POD of January 1, 2007, have Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani be their respective parties' 2008 presidential nominees. Only domestic PODs may be used, and no incapacitation of other candidates is allowed.
Simple on the Republican side. Have Dick Cheney resign for reasons of health, and Rudy replaces him. Rudy comes into the primary season as an incumbant.
Kind of skirting the rules a bit, but Cheney did state that he would not run, so he's not a candidate.
As far as Hilary goes, she needs to take Obama seriously from the outset instead of when it was too late to check his momentum.
Hillary is easier to me. Have no Edwards in Iowa, and I would predict a victory for her in Iowa. Win in Iowa, win in New Hampshire, Obama staves off defeat in South Carolina, and then loses in a manner slightly similar to McCain v Romney in 2008. Hillary picks Obama as her running mate.
McCain's campaign was on a shoestring in mid-to-late 2007. He gives up hope and drops out. Giuliani then decides to do some semi-serious campaigning in New Hampshire. Romney wins in Iowa, Giuliani comes a very close second to Romney in New Hampshire, Huckabee or someone similar wins in South Carolina, Giuliani's Florida strategy works to give him his first victory, and a long, drawn-out fight with Giulaini winning blue state primaries and a handful of swing-state primaries gives him the nomination.
My best guess, anyway.
W naming a pro-choice VP?Have Dick Cheney resign for reasons of health, and Rudy replaces him. Rudy comes into the primary season as an incumbant.
Hillary is easier to me. Have no Edwards in Iowa, and I would predict a victory for her in Iowa. Win in Iowa, win in New Hampshire, Obama staves off defeat in South Carolina, and then loses in a manner slightly similar to McCain v Romney in 2008. Hillary picks Obama as her running mate.
McCain's campaign was on a shoestring in mid-to-late 2007. He gives up hope and drops out. Giuliani then decides to do some semi-serious campaigning in New Hampshire. Romney wins in Iowa, Giuliani comes a very close second to Romney in New Hampshire, Huckabee or someone similar wins in South Carolina, Giuliani's Florida strategy works to give him his first victory, and a long, drawn-out fight with Giulaini winning blue state primaries and a handful of swing-state primaries gives him the nomination.
My best guess, anyway.