2000: McCain/Bush vs. Gore/Lieberman. New Mexico flips, and Florida doesn't create a major to-do. Also, the Electoral College winner is the popular vote winner as well.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)/Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) 48.4% (276)Vice-President Al Gore (D-TN)/Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) 47.9% (262)2004: The economy is a million times better, and McCain actually knows how to handle a war. Thus, he wins reelection over Dean/Bayh in a massive landslide.
President John McCain (R-AZ)/Vice-President George W. Bush (R-TX) 58.2% (454)Former Governor Howard Dean (D-VT)/Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) 40.6% (84)2008: Iraq ends in 2006, Afghanistan ends in 2008. The economy is terrific, with no sign of a recession in sight. Bush/Powell defeats Clinton/Biden in a massive landslide, but Democrats manage to grab hold of the House in a slim margin.
Vice-President George W. Bush (R-TX)/State Secretary Colin Powell (R-NY) 53.7% (303)Former Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) 46.2% (235)Bush invades Zimbabwe and sets up a democratic government there by spring 2010 (with the help of UN Ambassador, and former President, John McCain). The 2010 midterms end up with Democrats losing the House and making minor gains in the Senate. The economy falters just barely.
Bush runs for reelection, and no one challenges him in his party's primary.
Democratic candidates are:
-Governor Barack Obama (D-IL)
-Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), 2008 vice-presidential nominee
-Former Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN), 2004 vice-presidential nominee
-Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
-Senator and former Governor Mark Warner (D-VA)
Tell me who wins the Democratic nomination and who gets elected in 2012?
