Do you think George HW Bush considered running again in 1996?
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« on: October 17, 2017, 01:21:07 PM »

I know he announced his retirement in his 1992 concession speech. But given that 1992 was a peculiar election and that Clinton's first two years were a disaster, do you think he privately considered it around late 1994-early 1995?

I think he would have definitely been the most electable Republican of the 1996 field, and it certainly looked like Clinton was heading for defeat at the time. Bush was also devastated by the 1992 loss, and I imagine beating Clinton would have been a great personal vindication for him.
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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2017, 05:11:05 PM »

No
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2017, 09:58:01 PM »

nah
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2017, 11:38:29 PM »

You could fly down to Texas and ask him yourself.
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2017, 12:21:45 PM »

lmao no.
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2017, 02:56:41 AM »

No.

I guess the only post 1900 president who considered running again after a defeat were Herbert Hoover (who sought the nomination in 1940) and Gerald Ford in 1980.

Though it would have been interesting to have W running in 2000 while his dad is the sitting term-limited prez. But I think he would have lost again against Clinton in 1996.
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« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2017, 04:29:57 PM »

No. His sons both ran for Governor of their respective home states. One won (Dubya), the other lost, but won four years later (Jeb!) and both as we know had Presidential ambitions of their own. He wasn't going to run and derail that.  If the '92 election were a 2000 level nail bitter, his sons didn't enter politics, and Clinton's first term proved to be a Carter/Dubya level disaster, then maybe, but he'd have a very tough time getting re nominated.
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2017, 11:57:28 PM »

Not a chance.

He basically sealed his fate in 1992 with his famous "Read My Lips" speech.
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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2017, 06:15:39 AM »
« Edited: October 21, 2017, 11:41:21 AM by Lechasseur »

I know he announced his retirement in his 1992 concession speech. But given that 1992 was a peculiar election and that Clinton's first two years were a disaster, do you think he privately considered it around late 1994-early 1995?

I think he would have definitely been the most electable Republican of the 1996 field, and it certainly looked like Clinton was heading for defeat at the time. Bush was also devastated by the 1992 loss, and I imagine beating Clinton would have been a great personal vindication for him.

I definitely agree with the second paragraph

For the first one, no I don't think he considered running because his sons had already launched their political careers and I think he wanted to leave the door open for one of them to run in 2000 or later.
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2017, 05:37:00 PM »

HW wasn't a sore loser.
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