A National Tragedy (2011 Terrorist Attack Changes History)

[justW353]

How about the House members from California and Virginia?

California

1. Mike Thompson (D) - alive
2. Wally Herger (R) - alive
3. Dan Lungren (R) - dead
4. Tom McClintock (R) - alive
5. Doris Matsui (D) - dead
6. Lynn Woolsey (D) - alive
7. George Miller (D) - alive
8. Nancy Pelosi (D) - dead
9. Barbara Lee (D) - alive
10. John Garamendi (D) - dead
11. Jerry McNerney (D) - alive
12. Jackie Speier (D) - dead
13. Pete Stark (D) - alive
14. Anna Eshoo (D) - alive
15. Mike Honda (D) - dead
16. Zoe Lofgren (D) - alive
17. Sam Farr (D) - alive
18. Dennis Cardoza (D) - dead
19. George Radanovich (R) - alive
20. Jim Costa (D) - alive
21. Devin Nunes (R) - alive
22. Kevin McCarthy (R) - alive
23. Lois Capps (D) - dead
24. Elton Gallegly (R) - dead
25. Howard McKeon (R) - dead
26. David Dreier (R) - dead
27. Brad Sherman (D) - dead
28. Howard Berman (D) - alive
29. Adam Schiff (D) - dead
30. Henry Waxman (D) - dead
31. Xavier Becerra (D) - alive
32. Judy Chu (D) - alive
33. Diane Watson (D) - alive
34. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) - dead
35. Maxine Waters (D) - dead
36. Jane Harman (D) - alive
37. Laura Richardson (D) - alive
38. Grace Napolitano (D) - alive
39. Linda Sánchez (D) - dead
40. Edward R. Royce (R) - dead
41. Jerry Lewis (R) - dead
42. Gary Miller (R) - alive
43. Joe Baca (D) - alive
44. Ken Calvert (R) - alive
45. Mary Bono Mack (R) - dead
46. Dana Rohrabacher (R) - dead
47. Loretta Sanchez (D) - dead
48. John Campbell (R) - alive
49. Darrell Issa (R) - alive
50. Brian Bilbray (R) - alive
51. Bob Filner (D) - alive
52. Duncan D. Hunter (R) - alive
53. Susan Davis (D) - dead

Virginia

1. Rob Wittman (R) - dead
2. Glenn Nye (D) - alive
3. Robert C. Scott (D) - alive
4. Randy Forbes (R) - alive
5. Tom Perriello (D) - dead
6. Bob Goodlatte (R) - dead
7. Eric Cantor (R) - alive
8. Jim Moran (D) - dead
9. Rick Boucher (D) - alive
10. Frank Wolf (R) - alive
11. Gerry Connolly (D) - dead

[Joe Republic]

With Bob Byrd found to be a survivor, will he be taking Hillary Clinton's place as President?

[Bo]

5. Tom Perriello (D) - dead

I thought Perriello would lose reelection to Rob Hurt (R) in 2010 and thus be out of Congress in 2011.

[justW353]

With Bob Byrd found to be a survivor, will he be taking Hillary Clinton's place as President?

We'll get to that in the next post.

[justW353]

5. Tom Perriello (D) - dead

I thought Perriello would lose reelection to Rob Hurt (R) in 2010 and thus be out of Congress in 2011.

Alot of those Reps won't have their jobs in 2010.  I posted that relatively quickly.  I'll make sure to edit them to compensate for changed seats in the future.

[justW353]

7:10 P.M.  After President Pro Tempore Bob Byrd is revealed to be alive, speculation begins as to a possible conflict over the Presidency.

7:15 P.M.  It is reported that Senator Byrd was being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center with critical injuries.  The exact injuries are not known.

8:10 P.M.  It is reported that Senator Byrd suffered severe dehydration as well as several broken bones.  A moment of silence is adhered to by all news networks to honor President Obama, Vice President Biden, and all the Senators and Representatives that lost their lives.

8:45 P.M.  It is reported that Senator Byrd's injuries are extensive but not life threatening. 

10:00 P.M.  Most riots have subsided.

11:31 P.M.  A damaged section of the Golden Gate Bridge collapses.

January 28, 2011

12:14 A.M.  A plot to bomb the hotel then-Secretary of State Clinton was staying in on the night of the terrorist plot is revealed.

1:45 A.M.  Explosions are reported in the mountains of northwest Pakistan.

7:00 A.M.  ABC nonstop coverage ends.  Good Morning America begins.  While they mostly continue coverage of the attacks, it is a small step forward towards recovery.

10:00 A.M.  President Hillary Clinton visits Senator Bob Byrd at Walter Reed. 

12:00 P.M.  President Clinton visits the Capitol Building once again, speaking to rescue workers.

2:00 P.M.  President Clinton boards Air Force One, bound for San Fransisco.

7:30 P.M.  President Clinton arrives in San Fransisco, immediately heading towards the Golden Gate Bridge.

January 29, 2011

12:30 A.M.  More explosions are reported in northwest Pakistan.

1:15 P.M.  President Clinton departs San Fransisco bound back to Washington.

7:00 P.M.  President Clinton arrives at the White House.

10:00 P.M.  The United States military confirms airstrikes on Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan.  President Clinton states these attacks will continue.

January 30, 2011

12:10 A.M.  Airstrikes are reported in Pakistan.

1:00 A.M.  President Zardari of Pakistan demands the United States stop the bombings.

[justW353]

Timeline Cont.

7:10 A.M.  President Clinton states that bombings in Pakistan will continue whether or not the Pakistani government cooperates.

9:00 A.M.  President Zardari of Pakistan says that airstrikes without prior Pakistani agreement are acts of aggression.  He says that the Pakistani people will do all they can to see that the perpetrators of the attacks are dealt with, but insists that cooperation is necessary.

10:00 A.M.  Political pundits began discussing the logistics of an Invasion of Pakistan.

11:30 A.M.  Every world power, including Iran, Syria, North Korea, and Hamas leaders in Palestine have condemned the attacks and expressed their condolences.

12:00 P.M.  It is announced that President Obama and Vice President Biden will both be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on February 3, 2011.  They will lie in state in the White House on January 31 and February 1, and in the undamaged Capitol Rotunda on  February 2.

[justW353]

February 1, 2011 - Senator Robert Byrd is released from Walter Reed Medical Center.  He holds a press conference, saying he is not physically capable of the rigorous duties he would need to fulfill as President.  He says he will remain the Senior Senator of West Virginia.  He refuses to speak about his experiences during the attack.

February 2, 2011 - The State Funerals of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden are held at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.  They are then laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.  Representatives from every nation in the world attend the funerals.  President Obama's eulogy is given by President Hillary Rodham Clinton; Vice President Biden's is given by his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden.

February 5, 2011 - Predator airstrikes in Pakistan have increased.  The Pakistani government is outraged, but President Clinton insists that the airstrikes will continue whether or not the Pakistani government cooperates.

February 6, 2011 - President Clinton says in a press conference that her replacements for the deceased members of the Obama Administration will be announced shortly.  She says she will do all she can to assure that President Obama's initiatives are passed and put into law.

Clinton Approval Ratings:

81% Approve
5% Disapprove
14% Unsure

[redcommander]

justW353 this is a really good timeline. For someone who just recently joined you really know how to make very interesting timelines. Keep up the good work.

[justW353]

justW353 this is a really good timeline. For someone who just recently joined you really know how to make very interesting timelines. Keep up the good work.

Thanks.  If you guys have any feedback, let me know.

[justW353]

February 8, 2011 - President Clinton announces her choices to replace the deceased members of President Obama's administration.  Her cabinet will be as follows.

The Cabinet of President Hillary Rodham Clinton


President:  Hillary Rodham Clinton

Vice President:  None

Secretary of State:  John Kerry

Secretary of the Treasury:  Paul Volcker

Secretary of Defense:  Robert Gates

Attorney General:  Eric Holder

Secretary of the Interior:  Ken Salazar

Secretary of Agriculture:  Tom Vilsack

Secretary of Commerce:  Robert Rubin

Secretary of Labor:  Dick Gephardt

Secretary of Education:  Joel Klein

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development:  Shaun Donovan

Secretary of Transportation:  R.T. Rybak

Secretary of Energy:  Steven Chu

Secretary of Veteran Affairs:  Eric Shinseki

Secretary of Homeland Security:  Janet Napolitano

Chief of Staff:  Rahm Emanuel

Director of the CIA:  Leon Panetta

Chairman of the Federal Reserve:  Ben Bernanke

[justW353]

February 11, 2011 - President Clinton announces a plan to rebuild the destroyed southern wing of the Capitol Building with the exact blueprints and materials as the original.  The estimated time of completion is July 2012.

February 14, 2011 - President Clinton says that she wants all open Senate seats to be filled by March 15, and all open House seats to be filled by April 20.

February 20, 2011 - The United Nations holds it's first meeting in New York City since the 1/26 attacks.  The group votes unanimously to condemn the attacks, and aid is pledged to the each of the countries affected.

February 21, 2011 - An official death toll is released for all the attacks. 

Official Death Toll

Capitol Building Bombing:  289 killed; 421 injured
Tel Aviv Embassy Bombing:  78 killed; 167 injured
Sanaa Embassy Bombing:  45 killed; 201 injured
Golden Gate Bridge Bombing:  82 killed; 41 injured
Sydney Opera House Bombing:  144 killed; 210 injured
Channel Tunnel Bombing:  542 killed; 201 injured

Total:  1180 killed; 1241 injured

[justW353]

February 26, 2011 - A vigil is held at the Capitol Building. 

February 27, 2011 - Predator airstrikes in Pakistan have continued over the first month of Hillary Clinton's presidency.

[yougo1000]

What about IL

[justW353]

What about IL

1. Bobby Rush (D) - dead
2. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D) - alive
3. Dan Lipinski (D) - alive
4. Luis Gutierrez (D) - dead
5. David Ratowitz (R) - alive
6. Peter Roskam (R) - dead
7. Danny K. Davis (D) - dead
8. Melissa Bean (D) - dead
9. Janice D. Schakowsky (D) - alive
10. Bob Dold (R) - alive
11. Debbie Halvorson (D) - alive
12. Jerry Costello (D) - alive
13. Judy Biggert (R) - dead
14. Bill Foster (D) - dead
15. Timothy V. Johnson (R) - dead
16. Donald Manzullo (R) - dead
17. Philip Hare (D) - alive
18. Aaron Schock (R) - alive
19. John Shimkus (R) - dead

[justW353]

March 1, 2011 - Reconstruction of the damaged portion of the Golden Gate Bridge begins.  The estimated time of completion is July 2011.

March 4, 2011 - President Clinton makes her first international trip, visiting the United Kingdom and France in a week long visit.

March 15, 2011 - A new Senate roster is filed.  (It will be posted separately.)

[justW353]

Alabama:  Spencer Bachus (R)
Alabama:  Roger Aderholt

Alaska:  Lisa Murkowski (R)
Alaska:  Mark Begich (D)

Arizona:  John McCain (R)
Arizona:  Trent Franks (R)

Arkansas:  Mark Pryor (D)
Arkansas:  Allen Kerr (R)

California:  Dianne Feinstein (D)
California:  Barbara Boxer (D)

Colorado:  Mark Udall (D)
Colorado:  Jane Norton (R)

Connecticut:  Chris Dodd (D)
Connecticut:  Rosa DeLauro (D)

Delaware:  Mike Castle (R)
Delaware:  Beau Biden (D)

Florida:  Bill Nelson (D)
Florida:  Charlie Crist (R)

Georgia:  Sonny Perdue (R)
Georgia:  Thomas Price (R)

Hawaii:  Daniel Inouye (D)
Hawaii:  Mazie Hirono (D)

Idaho:  Mike Simpson (R)
Idaho:  Dirk Kempthorne (R)

Illinois:  Dick Durbin (D)
Illinois:  Christopher Kennedy (D)

Indiana:  Stephen Buyer (R)
Indiana:  Mike Pence (R)

Iowa:  Tom Latham (R)
Iowa:  Bruce Braley (D)

Kansas:  Paul Morrison (D)
Kansas:  Dennis Moore (D)

Kentucky:  Rand Paul (R)
Kentucky:  Hal Rogers (R)

Louisiana:  Mitch Landrieu (D)
Louisiana:  Steve Scalise (R)

Maine:  Olympia Snowe (R)
Maine:  Susan Collins (R)

Maryland:  Barbara Mikulski (D)
Maryland:  Ben Cardin (D)

Massachusetts:  Scott Brown (R)
Massachusetts:  Richard Neal (D)

Michigan:  Carl Levin (D)
Michigan:  Dave Bing (D)

Minnesota:  Al Franken (D)
Minnesota:  Chris Coleman (D)

Mississippi:  Thad Cochran (R)
Mississippi:  Phil Bryant (R)

Missouri:  Claire McCaskill (D)
Missouri:  Robin Carnahan (D)

Montana:  Steve Bullock (D)
Montana:  Linda McCulloch (D)

Nebraska:  Ben Nelson (D)
Nebraska:  Chuck Hagel (R)

Nevada:  John Ensign (R)
Nevada:  Sue Lowden (R)

New Hampshire:  Kelly Ayotte (R)
New Hampshire:  Carol Shea-Porter (D)

New Jersey:  John Corzine (D)
New Jersey:  John Adler (D)

New Mexico:  Jeff Bingaham (D)
New Mexico:  Tom Udall (R)

New York:  Chuck Schumer (D)
New York:  Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

North Carolina:  Liddy Dole (R)
North Carolina:  Jim Hunt (D)

North Dakota:  Earl Pomeroy (D)
North Dakota:  Ed Schafer (R)

Ohio:  Betty Sutton (D)
Ohio:  John Boccieri (D)

Oklahoma:  Frank Keating (R)
Oklahoma:  John Sullivan (R)

Oregon:  Ron Wyden (D)
Oregon:  John Kitzhaber (D)

Pennsylvania:  Arlen Specter (D)
Pennsylvania:  Michael Nutter (D)

Rhode Island:  Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Rhode Island:  Patrick Kennedy (D)

South Carolina:  Lindsay Graham (R)
South Carolina:  Jim DeMint (R)

South Dakota:  John Thune (R)
South Dakota:  Tom Daschle (D)

Tennessee:  Don Sundquist (R)
Tennessee:  John Duncan Jr. (R)

Texas:  Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R)
Texas:  John Cornyn (R)

Utah:  Orrin Hatch (R)
Utah:  Bob Bennett (R)

Vermont:  Patrick Leahy (D)
Vermont:  Bernie Sanders (I)

Virginia:  Jim Webb (D)
Virginia:  Mark Warner (D)

Washington:  Patty Murray (D)
Washington:  Rob McKenna (D)

West Virginia:  Robert Byrd (D)
West Virginia:  Jay Rockefeller (D)

Wisconsin:  Russ Feingold (D)
Wisconsin:  Tammy Baldwin (D)

Wyoming:  Jim Geringer (R)
Wyoming:  Cynthia Lummis (R)

[justW353]

March 18, 2011 - The United States Senate meets for the first time since the 1/27 attacks.

March 20, 2011 - After a Predator missile killed two Pakistani civilians, President Zardari pleads with the United Nations to impose sanctions on the United States.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon privately tells Zardari that the situation is too sensitive to press.

April 1, 2011 - President Clinton meets with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office, discussing the New War on Terror, as well as US-Russian relations.

April 24, 2011 - Pakistan launches it's first space satellite.  Meanwhile, US-Pakistani relations continue to crumble.

April 30, 2011 - President Clinton arrives in New Dehli and meets with Prime Minister Singh.  They discuss the economy, the New War on Terrorism, as well as the Kashmir conflict.

May 1, 2011 - President Clinton announces a massive troop surge in Northeast Afghanistan, aimed at eliminating the last traces of Al-Qaeda in the region.

[justW353]

Presidential Nominees, 2012

Republican (Announced)

Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi
Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts
Fmr. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota
Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas
Fmr. Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia

Republican (Speculated)

Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota
Fmr. Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska
Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas

Republican (Denied Run or Dropped Out)

Fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida
Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana
Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts


Democrat (Announced)

Pres. Hillary Clinton

Democrat (Speculated)

[justW353]

Polling Numbers Against Clinton (March 15, 2011)

Barbour:  11%
Romney:  36%
Santorum:  17%
Thune:  30%
Cantor:  29%
Paul:  19%
Gingrich:  21%

Pawlenty:  31%
Palin:  28%
Huckabee:  44%

[justW353]

May 4, 2011 - Tim Pawlenty announces he will run. 

May 5, 2011 - Mike Huckabee says on his Fox News show that he will run.  Haley Barbour decides not to run. 

May 8, 2011 - Sarah Palin says if she can raise enough funds by June, she will run.

Polling Numbers Against Clinton (May 8, 2011)

Romney:  42%
Santorum:  20%
Thune:  36%
Cantor:  22%
Paul:  24%
Gingrich:  24%

Pawlenty:  28%
Palin:  21%
Huckabee:  41%

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[justW353]

Initial National GOP Polls (May 10, 2011

Romney:  20%
Huckabee:  19%
Pawlenty:  13%
Thune:  13%
Cantor:  12%
Gingrich:  8%
Santorum:  8%
Paul:  7%

[justW353]

May 15, 2011 - It is revealed by the Indian Intelligence Agency that Pakistan has begun a secret buildup of nuclear weapons and materials.  Both President Clinton and Prime Minister Singh call for sanctions on Pakistan.  Meanwhile, 21 predator airstrikes have occurred in May.
 
May 22, 2011 - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates states on Meet the Press that since the 1/27 attacks there has been a flurry of new, credible information on the location of Osama bin-Laden.

May 28, 2011 - President Clinton departs on a seven day visit to China.

June 1, 2011 - Sarah Palin announces her candidacy for President on Meet the Press.

[justW353]

National GOP Polls (June 5, 2011)

Romney:  16%
Palin:  14%
Huckabee:  14%
Pawlenty:  12%
Thune:  12%
Cantor:  12%
Gingrich:  7%
Santorum:  8%
Paul:  5%

[justW353]

I haven't posted them before so I will now....

Senate and House leadership

Senate Majority Leader:  Sen Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Senate Minority Leader:  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Speaker of the House:  Rep. George Miller (D-CA)

House Majority Leader:  Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
House Minority Leader:  Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)

House Majority Whip:  Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
House Minority Whip:  Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)