If this counts as current politics, could it be moved to Chat? I wasn't sure because my POD takes place in the early 2010s.
I remember back in early 2011 there being speculation that then President Barack Obama would drop then Vice President Joe Biden from the Democratic National Ticket and replace him with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for no specific reason. Let's say some sexual harassment scandal(s) breaks out against Biden in early 2011, and the circumstances are bad enough for Obama to view him as a liability. Obama doesn't ask Biden to resign immediately, but he also doesn't ask him to run for re-election as his vice presidential nominee, instead nominating Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. How differently would the US Presidential Election of 2012 have gone if Biden was expected to leave in disgrace on January 20th, 2013? Would there be a falling out between Biden and Obama over this decision? Is such a scandal an advantage for Republican nominee Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to capitalize on? Does Romney still select Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate, or does he select a woman, such as New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte? If the Obama-Clinton Ticket win in 2012, how differently would Obama's second term have gone? I imagine there would have been some degree of tension between Vice President Hillary Clinton and her successor as Secretary of State John Kerry. Would an Obama-Clinton victory in 2012 strengthen or weaken Clinton's position to run for President in 2016? Would Former Vice President Joe Biden challenge Clinton for the Democratic nomination in 2016 instead of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders?