Ghosts of Presidents Future

by WizMonCruWil

There was not a clear category to put this under, so I chose the vaguest ones possible. I wrote this over a year and a half ago, when it still was not clear who was even running for POTUS in 2016. Please do not write any political comments or criticisms. Political ideology should not matter; this is just my prediction for the future.

1. 45th POTUS: Hillary Rodham Clinton

45th President of the United States: Hillary Rodham Clinton (2017-2025)

It was better late than never, some pundits said. Everyone had thought she would have become President eight years earlier…until a freshmen African-American senator from Illinois stole her thunder and the imaginations of the country.

Many of her supporters felt she had been robbed of the Democratic nomination that year. So, in 2016, they worked even more hard to make sure she captured it. Getting the nomination was not difficult at all this time. She had been the front-runner from the day after the previous presidential election. The uphill fight was the general election. Neither party had one three presidential elections in a row since the 1980's. For the Democrats in particular, it had not happened since the 1930's and 1940's with FDR and Harry Truman.

Thankfully, despite President Obama's waning popularity (a common occurrence for two-term Presidents), the Republican nominating contest was in disarray from the beginning. The Tea Party had come back to bite the GOP in the ass, and had for a long time. Establishment big wigs of the party tried to put forward a moderate candidate, as they had succeeded in doing with Mitt Romney the last time around. This time, however, the ultra-right would have none of it. Chris Christie was shot down for being too chummy with Obama, and scandals in his state of New Jersey did not help. The male and white factions that made up most of the GOP's base spurned Marco Rubio and his Latino heritage, despite the pleas that he could help win Florida and the Latino demographic. They finally chose Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a Libertarian who selected Ted Cruz as his running mate.

Plus, Hillary Clinton had an impressive resume. She had been First Lady of Arkansas, and then First Lady of the United States beside her husband Bill, a senator from New York, and Secretary of State under Obama's first term. Yes, she was old at 69, but Regan had been that same age when first elected, hadn't he? When November 8th, 2016 rolled around, there was no question. Hillary won a historic victory and became the first female President of the United States. When she was inaugurated on January 20th, 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts said, "Congratulations Madame President." It set a precedent for any future women to come.

Enraged that a Clinton had returned to the White House, Republicans became tougher and harder than ever. They vowed Hillary would fall in the next election, and that they would do what they failed to do with Barack Obama.

Yet, the country was fed up with the GOP. The Tea Party was becoming more radical by the day. It came as no surprise when they nominated Ted Cruz in 2020. Against an incumbent President, and with an economy that was reflective of the husband's booming one of the 1990's, there again was no doubt. Hillary won a significant re-election campaign. It would become the first time in US history that 4 Presidents in a row served two full terms.

When Hillary finally left office in 2025, the country was glad they had had her. But change was once again needed.