President Richard Gere

With a POD in his life at any point, make current actor (with or without an acting career) Richard Gere President by 2017.
 
First thing, make him finish his degree.

No one has been President of the United States without a college degree since Truman, before Richard Gere was even born.
 
He could rise through the ranks of SAG like Reagan did and maybe play a President or two in a well-received film. Also, he would have to come across as mainstream politically - no being out there in either direction. America voted for a Reagan once and probably wouldn't vote in another hardline supply sider; on the other hand, if he's seen as a Hollywood liberal, he won't make it out of the primaries.

Also, if he ends up as a governor first, say, of a moderate state, it could really help his cause.
 
He could rise through the ranks of SAG like Reagan did and maybe play a President or two in a well-received film. Also, he would have to come across as mainstream politically - no being out there in either direction. America voted for a Reagan once and probably wouldn't vote in another hardline supply sider; on the other hand, if he's seen as a Hollywood liberal, he won't make it out of the primaries.

Also, if he ends up as a governor first, say, of a moderate state, it could really help his cause.

Do you think he has the looks to be President? Or is he too "Hollywood"? That's a big thing that helped Reagan - how he looked.
 
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