WI: Clinton gets Lewinsky pregnant

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It takes both Clintons out after 1999. Suppose Bill resigns, giving Gore a head start as an incumbent. Hillary doesn't even try for the Senate. Gore in 2000.
Doubtful Gore wins in 2000. Three terms in a row for the same party is very rare since FDR and Truman. Plus Gore would be stained pretty badly by the scandal, even assuming he had nothing to do with it. It would be pretty hard for Gore to claim that he had no clue Bill was cheating on Hillary here. It's actually possible that Gore doesn't run at all (though not likely). If he does, I think he gets beaten pretty badly in the General.
 
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IMHO a lot depends on when the scandal breaks, and if Gore has taken over for more than a very brief interlude. Two things work to keep Gore relatively clean. First off the VP is far less likely to be able to know what the President is doing than the other way around. Secondly, while this is a "scandal" there is nothing illegal going on here - not like Nixon/Watergate. I certainly see public and Democratic Party pressure for Bill to go, but no way he could be impeached for this, unless he seriously impedes an investigation. Obstruction of justice is a crime, screwing around on your wife and getting somebody pregnant is not.
 

SsgtC

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IMHO a lot depends on when the scandal breaks, and if Gore has taken over for more than a very brief interlude. Two things work to keep Gore relatively clean. First off the VP is far less likely to be able to know what the President is doing than the other way around. Secondly, while this is a "scandal" there is nothing illegal going on here - not like Nixon/Watergate. I certainly see public and Democratic Party pressure for Bill to go, but no way he could be impeached for this, unless he seriously impedes an investigation. Obstruction of justice is a crime, screwing around on your wife and getting somebody pregnant is not.
Assuming Bill acts as he did IOTL and denies everything, even while under oath, Congress has him clean on charges of perjury. And unlike in OTL when it was "just" a blow job, here he got an intern pregnant. I don't think there would be much support for him in this ATL.
 
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