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I was recently flipping through "First in His Class" (a great book on Bill Clinton) when I came upon an interesting tidbit. Apparently Clinton came very close to running for President in 1988. Despite rumors of infidelity, Clinton was only dissuaded by his young daughter. Chelsea asked her father whether they were going on vacation that summer. Clinton responded that he wasn't sure (or something like that). Chelsea replied that it would just have to be her and Hillary then. That was the tipping point for Clinton. He didn't want to miss much of his daughter's early childhood.

But what if that exchange never happened? What if Bill Clinton decided that 1988 was his year? Would he have a chance at the Democratic Nomination? If he won it, could he beat George Bush in the general election? If elected, what actions would he take, especially in regards to the invasion of Kuwait?
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