Post by mcnutt on Apr 25, 2018 15:29:47 GMT
If in the 2000 presidential election we add 5000 more Bush votes in Wisconsin and Iowa and 800 more Bush votes in New Mexico, we have switched three Gore states to Bush. The POD is Bush campaigns more in those states. If we add 600 more Gore votes in Florida, we have switched one Bush state to Gore. The POD is Palm Beach County has a better ballot design.
With these changes the Electoral College is tied at 269 each. When the House selects the President Republicans control 29 state delegation. Democrats control 17 and 3 are tied. Vermont’s House delegation is Independent Bernie Sanders. I assume he votes for Gore. So George W Bush is elected President 29 to 18. The Senate is divided 50 50. So Vice President Al Gore casts the deciding vote for Joe Lieberman. For the fist time since the expiration of President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson in 1801, we have a President and Vice President of different parties. Does Vice President Lieberman get an office in the West Wing like every Vice President since Mondale? I assume that Vice President Lieberman is welcomed at Cabinet meetings. Which means he argues with President Bush and his Cabinet members. Lieberman is a hawk so he probably gets along better with the President at National Security Council Meetings. When Lieberman resigns from the Senate, the Republican Governor of Connecticut appoints a Republican to replace him. The Republicans gain a 51-49 control of the Senate. The lose it when Moderate Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords switches parties. This restores the 50 50 tie and Vice President Lieberman casts the deciding vote to give control to the Democrats. There is enough Democratic support for the Bush Tax Cut. The Democratic committee chairs can not stop it. After 9/11, the Patriot Act passes on a bipartisan vote. In 2002, the appointed Connecticut Senator goes before the voters. This election will decide whether starting in 2003, the Republicans will have 52-48 or a 51-49 majority. So not much changes. in 2003, Vice President Lieberman supports the Iraq War and becomes an ally of President Bush.
Just as it did in OTL his support for the Iraq War turns off Democratic primary voters. He does as poorly as he did OTL, when he runs for President in 2004.
With these changes the Electoral College is tied at 269 each. When the House selects the President Republicans control 29 state delegation. Democrats control 17 and 3 are tied. Vermont’s House delegation is Independent Bernie Sanders. I assume he votes for Gore. So George W Bush is elected President 29 to 18. The Senate is divided 50 50. So Vice President Al Gore casts the deciding vote for Joe Lieberman. For the fist time since the expiration of President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson in 1801, we have a President and Vice President of different parties. Does Vice President Lieberman get an office in the West Wing like every Vice President since Mondale? I assume that Vice President Lieberman is welcomed at Cabinet meetings. Which means he argues with President Bush and his Cabinet members. Lieberman is a hawk so he probably gets along better with the President at National Security Council Meetings. When Lieberman resigns from the Senate, the Republican Governor of Connecticut appoints a Republican to replace him. The Republicans gain a 51-49 control of the Senate. The lose it when Moderate Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords switches parties. This restores the 50 50 tie and Vice President Lieberman casts the deciding vote to give control to the Democrats. There is enough Democratic support for the Bush Tax Cut. The Democratic committee chairs can not stop it. After 9/11, the Patriot Act passes on a bipartisan vote. In 2002, the appointed Connecticut Senator goes before the voters. This election will decide whether starting in 2003, the Republicans will have 52-48 or a 51-49 majority. So not much changes. in 2003, Vice President Lieberman supports the Iraq War and becomes an ally of President Bush.
Just as it did in OTL his support for the Iraq War turns off Democratic primary voters. He does as poorly as he did OTL, when he runs for President in 2004.
