What If a Certain President Had Picked an Alternate Choice to Be His Running Mate... It's Eight Years Later and His VP Is Running for POTUS. Who Wins?

Yes, that person on the left had nearly been picked to the vice presidential nominee and would have almost certainly would have been his party'spresidential nominee eight years later.

Other questions:

Who does Donald Rumsfeld pick to be his running mate? Would it still be Dan Quayle? Remember, Michael Dukakis picked Lloyd Bensten before Vice President Bush named Dan Quayle to be on the ticket with him. So, the Democratic ticket doesn't change.

Here's a thought who Rumsfeld might have picked. Someone who he worked with during the Ford administration: