Basically, I tried thinking of a fun/somewhat plausible Wellstone lives scenario, and it spiraled out from there. Maybe I'll revisit this in a TLIAW or something sometime.
Fantastic list @True Grit! I had a list written down involving Wesley Clark and a separate one involving Hillary Clinton
Presidents of the United States: General Clark reporting for duty 2001-2005: George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (Republican) def. 2000: Al Gore/Joe Lieberman (Democratic) 2005-2013: Wesley Clark / Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic) def. 2004: George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (Republican)
def. 2008: Mike Huckabee/Tim Pawlenty (Republican) 2013-2017: Rick Santorum / Kelly Ayotte (Republican) def. 2012: Jeanne Shaheen/Tom Vilsack (Democratic) 2017-present: Barack Obama / Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic) def. 2016: Rick Santorum/Kelly Ayotte (Republican)
Presidents of the United States: It took a Clinton... 2001-2005: George W. Bush / Dick Cheney (Republican) def. 2000: Al Gore/Joe Lieberman (Democratic) 2005-2009: Hillary Clinton / Tom Vilsack (Democratic) def. 2004: George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (Republican) 2009-2013: John McCain / Joe Lieberman (Republican) def. 2008: Hillary Clinton/Tom Vilsack (Democratic), Mike Huckabee/Haley Barbour (Independent) 2013-present: Kathleen Sebelius / Bill Richardson (Democratic) def. 2012: Jeb Bush/Lindsay Graham (Republican), Michael Bloomberg/Jon Huntsman, Jr. (Independent) def. 2016: Sam Brownback/Chris Christie (Republican)