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« on: October 19, 2016, 10:49:38 PM »
« edited: October 21, 2016, 08:04:22 PM by Golfman76 »

POD: 10,000 votes in Minnesota are switched to Reagan

“And we can now call the state of Minnesota for President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan now has 10 more electoral votes. Current vote count is that Reagan has 535 and Mondale has 3. Reagan has just sweeped every state.”
-Dan Rather





It was an historic night. Ronald Reagan, by a touch of luck, managed to win every state in this great country. And not only that, but by a wafer thin margin, he got a majority! He thought about it, and came to the conclusion that, if Mondale hadn’t taken that slight jab at the elderly in the 3rd debate, which did cause some controversy for like, 3 days, Minnesota would be Mondale territory.

“We can’t trust people whose ages are similar to Reagan to be president”
-Walter Mondale, deciding to bring up the age issue again before realizing what a stupid mistake that was

Reagan made his victory speech and Mondale made his concession, but now it was back to work!

Senate Races:

Republican (LEADER: BOB DOLE (R-KS)): 55
Democratic (LEADER: ROBERT BYRD (D-WV)): 45

The Republican gains in Kentucky and Montana were countered by the Democrats winning North Carolina and Iowa. No changes in Senate numbers were made

Newly Elected Senators whose predecessors were of a different party:

Jim Hunt (D-GA)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)

Chuck Cozzens (R-MT)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)


House:

Democratic (LEADER: TIP O’NEILL (D-MA-11)): 237 (-32)
Republican (LEADER: BOB MICHEL (R-IL-18)): 198 (+32)

REAGAN’S 2ND TERM



Fresh from a gigantic re-election victory, Reagan’s 2nd term started with great promise. However, starting August 20th, The United States started selling arms to Iran. While at first this was secret, after 3 months of doing this the Iran-Contra scandal was revealed, and it was devastating to the Reagan administration. It didn’t help that the economy started to dip, either. Reagan was stuck between a rock and a hard place. His stress soon culminated into a stroke on January 19th, 1986. While not dying, Reagan was incapacitated, and George H. W. Bush became president
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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2016, 07:27:27 AM »

Interesting! If I had to guess, I'd say that Bush would probably pick an elder statesmen like Ford or Baker or a less experienced person like Jeane Kirkpatrick or Newt Gingrich.
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2016, 10:02:31 AM »
« Edited: October 21, 2016, 08:04:08 PM by Golfman76 »

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION



George H. W. Bush, the moderate VP to Reagan, became president at a time of a big scandal. Bush tried to deflect from the controversy by choosing Senator Bob Dole as his Vice President. Dole was an inoffensive choice, and became VP by a vote of 425-10. However, the choice of Dole as his VP only made headlines for two days until the Iran-Contra scandal was bought up again. At the same time, Oliver North, a National Security Council staff member was revealed to be destroying documents. All this was happening as the midterms drew closer and closer. The GOP will soon be subjected to a world of hurt. But, it couldn’t be that bad. I mean sympathy vote?

Senate Races:

Republican (LEADER: ALAN K. SIMPSON (R-WY)): 50 (-5)
Democratic (LEADER: ROBERT BYRD (D-WV)): 50 (+5)

The Senate was tied, but Vice President Dole can be counted on to break ties, much to the dismay of many Democrats. The Democrats gained 5 seats

Newly Elected Senators whose predecessors were of a different party:

Zell Miller (D-GA)
James R. Jones (D-OK)
Bob Graham (D-FL)
Richard Shelby (D-AL)
Terry Sanford (D-NC)


House:

Democratic (LEADER: Jim Wright (D-TX-12)): 257 (+20)
Republican (LEADER: BOB MICHEL (R-IL-18)): 178 (-20)

With the House becoming Redder and the Senate being tied, Bush faced a tough time. On November 25th, 1986, George H. W. Bush formed a commission about Iran-Contra and appointed Former Senator John G. Tower (R-TX), Former Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME) and former National Security adviser Brent Scowcroft to look into the matter. The Commission was soon called the Tower commission. Bush appeared to the Tower Commission and claimed innocence. In January of 1987 Congress announced that they were looking into the matter. On March 3rd, 1987, President Bush maintained his innocence in a speech given to the American people, saying that he was “out of the loop”. A day later, Reagan wrote a letter taking responsibility and requesting forgiveness. Secretary of Defense Weinberger, a known participant in Iran-Contra, was fired. In the meantime, the 1988 election was beginning. George H. W. Bush shocked the country by saying that he won’t run in 1988. Bob Dole, Jack Kemp, Pat Robertson and many others threw their hat in the ring, but those 3 were the front-runners.

As for the Democrats, well, their humiliating defeat has forced them to moderate. Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, Joe Biden and Jesse Jackson are all fighting for the nomination
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2016, 12:30:31 PM »

Is Shelby, Heflin, or Nunn considering running for the Democrats?
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2016, 01:01:14 PM »

The 1988 Republican primaries was a lock for Bob Dole, but a surprisingly strong challenge from the Moderate Kemp and the Christian Rightist Robertson led Dole to spend more money than he thought he would. All in all, Dole won, and chose Senator John Danforth of Missouri as his nominee



Dole Kemp Robertson



The 1988 Democratic Primaries was a huge mess. The frontrunners were first Gary Hart and Michael Dukakis, but after Hart’s affairs he dropped out. Joe Biden became Dukakis’s new threat but after a plagiarism scandal he dropped out. Al Gore, a known Social Conservative and Economic populist became one of the biggest threats to Dukakis. Jackson was a new left loony still plagued with “hymietown” and Babbitt was only leading in Arizona, but Gore was scandal-free and a “raging moderate”, at least in the words of him. The Southern primaries could had saved Jackson’s campaign, but White turnout outperformed Black turnout, which led to Gore winning Mississippi, Alabama and other Southern States. Gore also won in the rust belt for his economic populism, while the Plains and Mountain states went for him due to his Social Conservatism. New York, however, went to Gore for a lot of reasons. Number one is that with the help of Ed Koch, he made NYC and the Jewish vote swing to Gore. Second was that Dukakis appeared more and more bored during the primary season, and third was that Paul Simon didn’t drop out. Gore nearly saved the Democrats from a contested convention, but after Dukakis’s victory in California, Gore was 23 delegates short of the majority he needed. However, once Babbitt and Simon released their delegates to Gore, Al Gore became the presidential nominee. Al Gore, in a surprise move, chose Michael Dukakis as his running mate




Gore Dukakis Jackson Babbitt

The race is now Dole/Danforth v Gore/Dukakis, and as polls show, Gore is leading by 6 points (49-43), but can Dole catch up?
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2016, 02:43:26 PM »

Gore/Dukakis is an amazing ticket, both for my vote and for everyone's
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2016, 03:02:06 PM »

Vice Presidential confirmations are done by the House, not the Senate.
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2016, 03:22:48 PM »

If Dole loses, a Danforth/Baker ticket would be amazing in 1992.
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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2016, 03:54:26 PM »

Vice Presidential confirmations are done by the House, not the Senate.

whoops!

Also, read your comments everyone, thanks
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« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2016, 08:32:20 PM »
« Edited: October 21, 2016, 08:04:45 PM by Golfman76 »


The race is now Dole/Danforth v Gore/Dukakis, and as polls show, Gore is leading by 6 points (49-43), but can Dole catch up?


No, it seems that he wouldn’t





Bob Dole was a bore and barely campaigned, but when he did he was pretty solid, but one time he fell down. Danforth did a lot of the campaigning for him. Dole/Danforth was criticized by some Social Conservatives for being too moderate, and some of them either stayed home or voted for Gore. However, in the debates, Bob Dole made some notable zingers at Gore.  When November 1st arrived, both candidates were tied (47-47). After a recount in Texas, Ohio and Oklahoma, Gore won. Bob Dole graciously accepted defeat. Time will tell how the Gore Administration would go out…

Senate Races:

Democratic (LEADER: GEORGE MITCHELL (D-ME)): 53 (+3)
Republican (LEADER: ALAN K. SIMPSON (R-WY)): 47 (-3)

The tie was broken as the Democrats gained 5 seats, but with the GOP gaining 2, the Democrats overall only gained 3

Newly Elected Senators whose predecessors were of a different party:

George Voinovich (R-OH)
Pete Dawkins (R-NJ)

Chuck Robb (D-VA)
Richard Bryan (D-NV)
Joe Lieberman (D-CT)


House:

Democratic (LEADER: JIM WRIGHT (D-TX-12)): 250 (-7)
Republican (LEADER: BOB MICHEL (R-IL-18)): 185 (+7)
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« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2016, 09:12:20 PM »

What are Edward J. King and Howard Baker up to now?
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« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2016, 09:42:19 PM »

Interesting.
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« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2016, 08:34:39 AM »

I almost wish you flipped one of Gore's closer states to Dole. Almost. Tongue
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« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2016, 01:58:40 PM »

What are Edward J. King and Howard Baker up to now?

The same stuff as OTL
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« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2016, 01:59:52 PM »
« Edited: October 21, 2016, 08:03:45 PM by Golfman76 »

AL GORE’S 1ST TERM



Al Gore, at the age of 40 years, was elected as the youngest President ever. With the Democrats controlling both houses of congress and with him winning the popular vote (albeit by a plurality) gave him a mandate. His first year in office had multiple Communist nations disintegrating while the USSR was slowly falling. The destruction of the Berlin Wall gave Gore an approval rating of 76%, but his approval soon dipped as the economy did. Al Gore was attacked by Conservatives as a “tax and spend Liberal” and New Leftists like Ralph Nader (who is rising through the ranks of the New Alliance Party and is planning a run in 1992) attacking him as a “Dixiecrat” Al Gore seemed powerless, and the midterms proved that

Senate Races:

Republican (LEADER: ALAN K. SIMPSON (R-WY)): 54 (+7)
Democratic (LEADER: GEORGE MITCHELL (D-ME)): 46 (-7)

Newly Elected Senators whose predecessors were of a different party:

Pat Saiki (R-HI)
Christine T. Whitman (R-NJ)
Mitt Romney (R-MA)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Bill Schuette (R-MI)
Tom Tauke (R-IA)
Colin Powell (R-NY)


House:

Republican (LEADER: DICK CHENEY* (R-WY-AL)): 231 (+46)
Democratic (LEADER: JIM WRIGHT (D-TX-12)): 204 (-46)

*=Bob Michel fell down some stairs, leading to House Minority Whip Cheney becoming House GOP leader

The landslides were dubbed as the “Republican Revolution”. However, Simpson/Cheney’s congress was very obstructionist, shutting down government 3 times. One for the Crime Bill of 1991, one for the Assault Weapons Ban of 1991 and the Healthcare act of 1992. The Government shutdowns just contributed to Gore’s popularity, and come 1992, the Democrats seem a bit confident, but not too confident
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« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2016, 04:42:19 PM »

When John Danforth announced that he would be running, at first, he was the frontrunner against the other “seven dwarves” as they were called (Danforth, Kassebaum, Quayle, Gingrich, Alexander, Buchanan and Deukmejian in the order of polling before the 1st primary debate) by the media.

However, Kassebaum’s shock victory in Iowa caused Danforth ’92 to focus on New Hampshire, where Kassebaum was leading. However, when leaked audio surfaced of Danforth saying “How stupid are the People of New Hampshire?” Danforth fell in the polls. He was in last place, only 20 votes behind Newt Gingrich. Kassebaum won New Hampshire with Deukmejian in 2nd place. Deukmejian dropped out and endorsed Kassebaum. Danforth dropped out, but a write-in campaign for Danforth in Missouri proved successful surprisingly. Dan Quayle’s Social Conservatism won him the South and caused Kassebaum some sleepless nights, but nonetheless proved to be a gaffe machine which hurt him.



Kassebaum Quayle Danforth

After Kassebaum won the last couple of primaries, Quayle decided to drop out and endorse her. To the dismay of many Social Conservatives, Kassebaum chose George Deukmejian, but grudgingly accepted it. Except for Buchanan, Pat endorsed Howard Phillips

Kassebaum/Deukmejian, a moderate ticket, would give the Gore campaign the same sleepless nights that Kassebaum got from Dan Quayle, but with Congress’s obstructionism and many Social Conservatives supporting Gore, maybe he does have a chance?
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