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  1. WI: Reagan is diagnosed with cancer in 1984

    In the summer of 1985 Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and had to have surgery to remove it. But what if Reagan's cancer develops a year earlier and is a more serious condition which requires him to have to undergo chemotherapy for a period of time? Let's say the cancer is...

  2. The Decade of Fritz (A Timeline of the Presidency of Walter F. Mondale, 1980-1989)
    Threadmarks: One Day In October (1980)

    Thursday, October 2, 1980; President Jimmy Carter had just celebrated his 56th birthday with his family and staff at the White House the night before, but now had his mind on his mother, who had had tripped and fell and broke her hip the night before in her home in Plains and was in the hospital...

  3. WI: Gary Hart goes on 60 Minutes?

    What if Gary Hart took a different course in handling the sex scandal that derailed his campaign and decided to admit to his affair and asking his wife for forgiveness. He and his campaign reaches out to CBS News and asks them to do an in-depth interview on 60 Minutes where he and his wife Lee...

  4. WI: Arthur Bremer assassinates George McGovern in 1972?

    What if instead of George Wallace, Arthur Bremer thinks it is Senator George McGovern's fate to die and assassinates him in May of 1972? Would that have changed the results of the 1972 election? How would the sudden death of the Democratic front runner affect Nixon's re-election campaign and who...

  5. WI: Jesse Jackson runs in 1996?

    What if Jesse Jackson had decided to launch a campaign against Bill Clinton in 1996 for the Democratic nomination? Of course his chances of beating a sitting president would be extremely unlikely. But could he have divided the Democratic Party enough to get Clinton to move more to the left at a...

  6. Zbigniew Brzezinski in a Carter second term?

    What do you think Zbigniew Brzezinski's roll would have been if Jimmy Carter had won a second term in 1980? Would he have been Secretary of State? What would have been his roll in ending the hostage crisis? How would he have responded to Brezhnev's death in 1982?

  7. WI: Vice-President Ford dies on the morning of August 9, 1974

    What if in the early morning hours of August 9th 1974, Vice-President Gerald Ford dies of a heart attack just hours before he was to assume the presidency? Would Nixon continue with his plans to resign that day or change his mind and fight on? Would the congress continue with impeachment...

  8. WI: JFK, Jr. vs. HRC in the 2000 NY Dem. Senate Primary

    What if John Kennedy, Jr. had lived and ran in the 2000 New York Democratic U.S. senate primary against First Lady Hillary Clinton? There was some talk before he died that he was interested in running for that senate seat. If he had, who would have won? How contentious could it have been between...

  9. WI: President Joe Lieberman?

    What if Al Gore wins Florida and the presidency in 2000 but is killed on September 11, 2001 when U.A. Flight 93 crashes into the White House and Joe Lieberman becomes president? How would the course of history changed going forward?

  10. WI: Shawn Michaels dies in October 1997 instead of Brian Pillman?

    What if the night before the WWF's October 1997 Badd Blood Pay-Per-View event Shawn Michaels dies of a drug overdose, while Brian Pillman survives a heart attack that night? This would have been a month before the infamous Montreal Screwjob. How would the Attitude Era have changed as well as the...

  11. WI: Bush wins the EC but loses the popular vote again in 2004?

    What if George W. Bush had once again lost the popular vote in 2004 (this time by a larger margin), but again won the electoral college by a slim margin? Would there be increased pressure on the electors to vote for Kerry? Would Bush not having a mandate from the American people after the 2004...

  12. WI: Eisenhower (I) vs. Stevenson (D) vs. Taft (R)

    What if Dwight Eisenhower decides not to seek the Republican nomination in 1952 and runs as an Independent against Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson and the Republican nominee Robert Taft? How would a likely election with no candidate receiving the needed 266 electoral votes end? Gov. Adlai...

  13. WI: Gorbachev, Thatcher, and Mondale

    In this scenario the U.S. economy did not recover by 1984 and Walter Mondale defeats Ronald Reagan in the 1984 election. What would have been the relationship between President Mondale and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher? How would Mondale have dealt with the new Soviet leader Mikhail...

  14. WI: the Democrats win back control of congress in 1998?

    What if the Democrats had managed to win slim majorities in both the House and the Senate after the 1998 elections? Would the Republicans still vote to impeach President Clinton during the lame duck session? How would foreign and domestic policy been different during Clinton's last two years...

  15. AHC: Make a black or female astronaut part of the Apollo program

    The challenge is to have either (or both) an African-American astronaut and a female astronaut part of the Apollo program and have them walk on the moon.

  16. WI: Hubert Humphrey doesn't get cancer

    What if in the 1970s former Vice-President, Hubert Humphrey doesn't get (and die of) terminal cancer? The biggest question of course is does he run for president for the fourth time in 1976? If he does what are his chances of winning the Democratic nomination and defeating President Ford? What...

  17. WI: Jimmy Carter & George HW Bush died on the same day?

    With the recent health problems of former Presidents Carter and Bush, Sr. and got me to thinking what if they were to pass away on the same day. For those who know presidential history this would be unprecedented because John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day. So in today's...

  18. WI: Carter vs. Ford II (1980)

    What if for health reasons Ronald Reagan decided not to run for president in 1980 and former President Gerald Ford runs for and wins the Republican nomination in 1980? Could he have beaten President Carter or would he still have the Nixon pardon and the bad economy and high inflation America...

  19. JFK Lives Through The 1970s

    This is not a usual "what if JFK wasn't assassinated" what if. This what if is focused on what would JFK's post-presidency look like in the 1970s? Of course it would've depended alot on what a 2nd term of his would have looked like. But how would JFK have reacted to things like the women's...

  20. WI: Jerry Brown wins the 1982 CA senate race?

    What if California Governor Jerry Brown had won the 1982 race for senate against Pete Wilson? Would he have ran for president in 1984 or would he have waited until 1988 or 1992? Is he the front runner in 1988 and if he wins the nomination, does he do any better against Vice-President Bush...
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