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We can have scenarios for the late Fred Thompson http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/01/fred-thompson-obit/75014234/ getting the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, but it is very doubtful that any Republican could have won the general election that year. So is there any way we can get him nominated and elected in 2000? I think the POD for Thompson being nominated for *president* in 2000 has to be GW Bush not being elected governor of Texas in 1994--although of course there could also be a Bush/Thompson ticket (with Bush later dying in office...): http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jul/17/news/mn-54370 ("Bush might get a bigger electoral bang by reaching out to the McCain coalition. Two prominent McCain supporters look to still be in the mix. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee brings star-power charisma and the alluring possibility of pressing Gore in his home state, but also a flamboyant bachelor's life that's landed him in the tabloids...")
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