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  1. DBWI: No President Powell?

    In 1996 Bill Clinton looked unbeatable. After Dole won the nomination he trailed Clinton by twenty points, so he pinned his hopes on a running mate. Dole practically had to beg Powell to accept the nomination, but he did. Powell would prove a proficient organizer in the Fall Campaign, but by...

  2. WWE what if.

    I was just watching the match between Kurt Angle and Marty Jannetty from 2005, and it made me wonder. Shawn Michaels went on to be one of the great performers in North American wrestling, and Marty pissed his career away with cocaine. What if Marty had cleaned himself up after the Rockers...

  3. Horses in the New World?

    It is a common misconception that Europeans introduced horse to the Americas. In fact an equine species was native to the Americas but died out approximately ten thousand years ago. What are the effects of such a creature surviving?

  4. WI The Colts draft Ryan Leaf?

    Prior to the 1998 NFL draft, two names dominated arguments over the best available prospect: Peyton Manning, the son of Saints great Archie Manning, and Ryan Leaf, the 6' 5" 240 pound prototype NFL quarterback. The Colts drafted Manning number 1, and the franchise found a savior. The Chargers...

  5. DBWI: No President J. Edgar Hoover?

    FDR was supposed to save the nation from the depression, but he was assassinated in February of 1933. Garner became President, labor unrest and communist uprisings almost tore the nation apart, then Hoover ran in 1936 on a platform of a return to order and expulsion of foreign communists and...

  6. WI no Japan?

    The home islands are stratovolcanic. What if they never formed at all? I have little knowledge of geology, but it seems plausible to me.

  7. What is the latest possible date for a Sino-Soviet war?

    The board has covered such a war in detail before, but it always begins in the LBJ era. What would have to happen for such a conflict to occur post 1988?

  8. TR in 1920?

    After the defeat of Hughes in 1916, Roosevelt was considered the party favorite for 1920. His heart was broken by the death of his son, and his health was taken by lingering malaria. We can easily butterfly away his first malaria infection, which leads to Quentin (his son) being more alert in...

  9. I think I finally settled the Perot questions.

    Assuming Ross Perot never dropped out and then reentered, and that he would receive 35% nationally, and that he would draw equally from both Bush and Clinton, which in this case would be 8% a piece, applying said formula on a state by state basis: Perot 35%, Clinton 35%, Bush 30%. Clinton would...

  10. DBWI: I need some help on my President Perot research.

    I'm in HI 569, Historical methods, and I need to pass to finish my Bachelors. The main assignment is a 25 page research paper, and I chose to cover the Perot presidency. I know he was a polarizing President, and I know he shut down the government on three occasions, and survived two...

  11. WI Bush won the popular vote in 2000?

    I'm wondering. If Bush had won the national popular vote in 2000, but the fiasco in Florida still happened, would Gore have kept up his challenge, or just stepped aside? I'm talking a small margin here. Bush only wins the national popular vote by 100,000 or less.

  12. Ross Perot Questions.

    1. Why did Perot chose to run in 1992? 2. Would Perot have done better in 1988? 3. Would PErot have done better in 1996?

  13. WI Early term limits on the POTUS?

    Assume the President could only serve one term, and this was spelled out in the Constitution. Also assume the term lasted six years. 1789-1795 Washington 1795-1801 Adams 1801-1807 Jefferson 1807-1813 Timeline begins to branch off.

  14. Great WIs in sports.

    I love sports. Any way to test yourself, or others, allows for camaraderie. In the past, sport related posts have languished, so I will make this an open discussion. Any moment, any sport. I can make some suggestions. BOXING: A young Cassius Clay never has his bicycle stolen, and never...

  15. Alternate 25th Amendment.

    The line of Presidential succession goes as follows: VP, Speaker of the House, President Pro Temp of the Senate, then the Sec. of State. To my line of reasoning it makes more sense as follows: VP, Sec. of State, the various Sec. in the order of the posts creation, then the Speaker of the...

  16. Question in case of D.C. cataclysm.

    When the President addresses both Houses of Congress, one member of the Cabinet is always kept outside the city in a secured location, to serve as a designated survivor. If the city suddenly sank into the ground, the designated survivor, say the Sec. of State, would be sworn in. As for the...

  17. DBWI: The Bills LOST the four Superbowls?

    We all know the story. The Bills were unstoppable in the 1990s. Jim Kelly is mentioned with Joe Montana as being the greatest QB of the Superbowl era. Four consecutive championships. It will never happen again. What if the Bills still went to four in a row, but lost ever single time? I...

  18. Why did Baseball spread worldwide, and not Gridiron Football?

    I've been to Germany, Thailand, Sydney, and Cape Town, and I could never find a Gridiron Football in any of the stores. I would always take one with me, and on a sunny day I would go out to a park, and punt, pass, and kick the thing around for a little while. Inevitably a local would ask what...

  19. No Gerald Ford?

    (Inspired by King of the Hill.) Lt. Ford was serving on board the USS Monterey in 1943. Suddenly, a Tojo torpedo sent the ship straight to the bottom. He was only able to save three of his buddies; Fatty, Stinky, and Brooklyn. A Zero came out of the sun and put 50 bullets into his back...

  20. WI Gore declines to run in 2000?

    I was driving along and an idea occurred to me; If Gore declined to run in 2000, who besides Bradley would throw a hat into the Ring? I was at a loss to explain why Gore would not run, and then I passed a sign asking for research into Pancreatic Cancer, of all things. I've decided to run with...
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