Karl Rove's mentor and predecessor died of brain cancer in 1990. If he'd lived, Bush Sr. would probably have been re-elected. So what if Atwater lives? How would the second Bush term turn out? Presumably a Dem gets elected in '96, and perhaps Bush Jr. never becomes POTUS. So who would be the Dem POTUS 1997-2005 and the GOP one 2005-present?