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Fred will wipe the floor with Big Al. An all-Tennessee presidential race? Bring it on!!

Don't be so sure. Let's see--A Vice President of a popular Administration runs for President against a little known candidate, but comes across looking wooden and non-human in the televised debates, and loses. Unhappy he is seen a couple years later, and denies he will run for President again. The 8 years after his original campaign, he does try and is elected while promising to end an unpopular war. Yeah. That could never happen.

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The 8 years = Then 8 years

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The only problems with your well thought out scenario: a) Nixon bowed out gracefully for the good of the country, (unlike SoreLoserman)even though obvious corruption was involved (especially in Illinois & West Virginia) and b) Nixon was a highly intelligent man (some say maybe even a genius in some ways). No one in their right mind has EVER accused law and divinity school dropout Al Gore of being a genius. Example: When touring Monticello, Gore saw several busts of Jefferson and asked “who’s that guy?”