WestVirginiaRebel
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Who would Vice President Quayle run against in 1996? And would he have won?
In 1992 Bush lost partly because of the economy, despite having had hgh approval ratings following the Gulf War. He lost, of course, to Bill Clinton. But in the Democratic primaries Clinton faced a tough challenge from Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts. If anyone else besides Clinton had won the Democratic nomination, it is not inconceivable that Bush might have won the election, as he was considered unbeatable early in the race and many well-known Democrats were afraid to challenge him. A Bush win might have given some of them the motivation to run against Quayle in '96-among them might have been Mario Cuomo, Richard Ghephardt and Al Gore, but my money is on this guy winning the nomination:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Robb
Like Clinton, he had a personal scandal, but he is known as being more fiscally moderate. If he had run, and won the Democratic nomination, he could have faced off against the Republican nominee in 2000 (my money for that would be on John McCain, since it would have only been four years since Bush Senior had left office and Bush the Younger might have considered it too soon to run).
Discuss!
In 1992 Bush lost partly because of the economy, despite having had hgh approval ratings following the Gulf War. He lost, of course, to Bill Clinton. But in the Democratic primaries Clinton faced a tough challenge from Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts. If anyone else besides Clinton had won the Democratic nomination, it is not inconceivable that Bush might have won the election, as he was considered unbeatable early in the race and many well-known Democrats were afraid to challenge him. A Bush win might have given some of them the motivation to run against Quayle in '96-among them might have been Mario Cuomo, Richard Ghephardt and Al Gore, but my money is on this guy winning the nomination:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Robb
Like Clinton, he had a personal scandal, but he is known as being more fiscally moderate. If he had run, and won the Democratic nomination, he could have faced off against the Republican nominee in 2000 (my money for that would be on John McCain, since it would have only been four years since Bush Senior had left office and Bush the Younger might have considered it too soon to run).
Discuss!