President George Bush (R-TX) / Vice President Dick Cheney (R-WY)
Fmr. Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) / Senator John Edwards (D-NC) ✓
Gore decides on a rematch amid a post-tech bubble economy and the Federal Marriage Amendment debate. Iraq happens anyway and Gore runs on the side of multilateralism. Environmentalism hurts the ticket in coal country, but the Democrats eke out a narrow victory. The Gore presidency sees a failed attempt to split Iraq in three, Hurricane Katrina, Vice President Edwards' resignation over a personal scandal, and finally the Great Recession.
