The Death of a Strategist: 1988 and Beyond Altered.

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Cool stuff.

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Pretty good so far!

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Haven't kept up that much with this, but I'm glad I clicked on it right when the 1992 election was starting to get under way. It's been done only once before (that I know of) and a Cheney presidency would be really interesting!

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Whoa! Haven't read all of the last update (great stuff, btw), but I noticed Dole lost the Ames Straw Poll. Given Iowa was supposed to be "his state"--he'd won it in '88 and was from a nearby state--how is the Dole camp taking this? In OTL, when Ames was tied in '96, the Doles were getting nervous and saying how even a tie was a loss and a symbol of weakness in the state they should've done well in. How's it going in the TTL Dole campaign?

Also, I'm with Quayle on "potatoe". Form what I know, he for one only spelled it wrong due to it being spelled that way on the card and later said "I thought it looked odd, but I decided to go with what it said." and for two, probably wouldn't have been in a position to misspell "potatoe" if he weren't already VP.

As well, in OTL, Ron Paul was planning a run for President in '92, but backed out when Buchanan entered. Is he considering one in this? And did Buchanan consider entering?

Great work so far!

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Go Jerry!

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For the Dems I'd like a strong showing for both Brown and Casey, and I guess on the other end I'd be rooting for either Dole or Gramm.

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Go Dole, Gramm, Brown, & Casey!

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Great stuff. I was hoping that Brown could do better in the West, though it seems he's only managed to take one state. Hoping Casey makes Duke fight for his life. Meanwhile, for the GOP, I'm split between Dole and Gramm. Wonder how Alexander fares in the future.

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Why is Dole unable to win any of the West? It's his home region and I'd expect him to dominate there. In '96, it was New Hampshire that tripped him up and in '88, the only states he won were places like MN, WY, and of course Kansas.

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So, did Brown choose to run to Dukakis' left? In OTL 1992, as I recall, he ran to everyone's left on social issues, but also as sort of a conservative-populist on economic issues. How/why is that changed?

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Go Casey and Gramm.

This may be off topic, but Is brown pro-life?

Highly doubt it. From what I know, he ran in his Presidential campaigns as generally fiscally conservative, socially liberal. Expanding, I remember reading that "he seemed to be both the farthest left and the farthest right in the primaries" in 1992.

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I like the idea of Alexander. He's a Governor so that gives him eight years of executive experience that picking a Senator wouldn't give. Also, he would help in states like Kentucky and West Virginia, IMO.

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Whoa! I didn't know a picture of the two even existed! Let alone one that seems to fit the time period perfectly (in terms of how different McCain loooks).

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Go Dole!

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In the words of a great bumper sticker, "Bob Dole. President."

Great round of updates in all, though I'm kinda surprised by the NAFTA veto (though I know little of Dukakis, so). Should Dole win, it'd be nice to see him take MI or PA.

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Cool presidential result! Glad to see Dole get it.

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Holy Schneickies! Too bad about the World Trade Center.