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30. Paul Tsongas

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 10:30 AM

Sep 2015

I remember prior to Clinton the name Paul Tsongas seemed to come up the most in the year before the 92 election.

If Clinton hadn't pulled off his comeback I wonder if Paul Tsongas would have gone on to win the nomination or if it would have gone to Jerry Brown? Would his policies (which were criticized for being closer to Republican policies than Democratic ones) have brought about the same levels of economic activity that Clinton did?

Also Tsongas had non-Hodgkins lymphoma in the mid 90s that he died from in 1997, so I wonder if that would have come in to play during his Presidency and if he would have died in office? Would that have been an issue in a 1996 Tsongas campaign? Would he have run for political office then?

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Who would have made an interesting president, but never got the shot? [View all] Bucky Sep 2012 OP

I'm going with Eugene Debs arcane1 Sep 2012 #1

Debs would have been interesting Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #5

me too bodem1955_om Oct 2012 #15

First I thought of as well. cdogzilla Jun 2015 #22

Noam Chomsky. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #2

God, no Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #6

About as good or well as anyone else. ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #8

Chomsky's tone is "my way or nothing" Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #9

That may be what you hear, but that is not what I hear. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #10

Do you seriously see Chomsky compromising on anything? Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2012 #11

Chomsky has said that compromises are necessary. ZombieHorde Aug 2015 #28

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Eugene McCarthy, John Anderson, to name a couple. bemildred Sep 2012 #7

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Martin Luther King, Jr. charlie and algernon Sep 2012 #12

That's the first name that came to my mind, too! DavidL Oct 2012 #13

Before he was shot, there was significant support for the idea Ken Burch Dec 2016 #45

Yes. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #36

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Another good choice. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #37

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Ross Perot,just saying. SCALA13 Nov 2012 #20

At the top of my list of Morris Udall. I don't know whether he would have won the GE if he had StevieM May 2015 #21

I think 9/11 would have just been another Tuesday. 47of74 Aug 2015 #29

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Paul was in it--but then he ran out of money. He won 7 states. MADem Feb 2017 #47

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Think how different our recent history would have been.... lastlib Jan 2016 #33

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I absolutely agree with you on that one, he had so much to offer, and the temperament, too. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #43

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UGH. Horrible pick. nt MADem Feb 2017 #48

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