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« on: October 16, 2011, 10:56:58 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2011, 10:58:37 PM »
only chance would be if he loses with an aura of illegitimacy around the whole process (a la Gore 2000; which is why Gore remained viable through '04 and '08).  in reality, no, of course not.
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« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2011, 11:05:45 PM »
No, he would do just what Carter and Bush Sr., position himself as an elder statesmen. Rather a President gets one or two terms, they generally do the same thing.
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« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2011, 11:11:13 PM »
No, he'd be too tarnished. Democratic activists are already disappointed in him, and Republicans hate him with a passion. If he loses, his presidency will be remembered as an unfulfilled dream. He'd probably lay low for quite a while, like Bush is doing.

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only chance would be if he loses with an aura of illegitimacy around the whole process (a la Gore 2000; which is why Gore remained viable through '04 and '08).  in reality, no, of course not.

That's the only way I could see it possible, if inherently unlikely. If he were to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote, he could try and come back like Cleveland. But I still think he'd retire.
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« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2011, 11:34:29 PM »
If he loses, I'm cool with him saying, "Take this ing job and shove it up your ass!", and then retiring to a comfortable life of making millions on speeches while seeing his daughters grow up. Perhaps someday a future Democratic president will nominate him as a Supreme Court justice.
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2011, 12:57:32 AM »
Nope.
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2011, 01:00:33 AM »
The new regime will force him into exile most likely. Maybe once some semblance of democracy is restored in 30-40 years he'll return as a sort of elderly Nelson Mandela figure.
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2011, 01:05:03 AM »
This never happens.  Not in modern day.  But if he does lose, I don't see him going in the dark at all.  He'll be more in the spotlight than Clinton.
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« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2011, 12:12:18 PM »
I can picture him taking the Carter post-presidency route. Helping in humanitarian efforts, various public services, Democratic speeches, etc.

If he loses before the economy is restored, I do not believe he will end up as popular as Clinton is now, post-presidency.
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« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2011, 12:16:33 PM »
I think he'll write books and avoid people as much as possible as he doesn't seem to actually like them that much.
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« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2011, 12:19:16 PM »
Quote from: Scott on October 17, 2011, 01:05:03 AM
This never happens.  Not in modern day.  But if he does lose, I don't see him going in the dark at all.  He'll be more in the spotlight than Clinton.

No he wont. People like Clinton.
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