“Remember when GHWB was practically guaranteed reelection. Mario Cuomo stayed out. Jay Rockafeller stayed out. Others stayed out. Then, intending 1992 to be his practice run, Bill Clinton waltzed to the WH.”
You forgot: Ross Perot.
In hind sight, I wish that I had stayed out of the Bushes and voted for Ross Perot myself.
Perot had no intention of winning ... that wasn’t his role to play ... that’s why he dropped out when he was pulling ahead ... and then got back in when he damaged himself enough ...