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2004 Elections

In 2004, there was an overall feeling that the Democrats were going to do quite well. THe intense success of the Osama campaign, the Afghanistan conflict being put down with only mild skirmishes remaining, the peace deal with Iran and the growing amicable relations of Palestine and Israel meant that the pendulum would likely be swinging more toward the Democrats to be sure. However, the large revelations about Exxon-Mobil and which politician supported which just reinforced the push. However, there was one place where the revelations caused a bit of a pear-turn. Texas. Texas was not as hit as expected by the revelations. After all, they still had state subsidies and could parade for their honesty. However, even the local oil barons had decided that perhaps beginning to switch to solar and wind would not be so bad. They've got plenty of land after all and it would be a way to maintain prominence. However, there was also the reminder of how there were midterm attempts to try and redraw the districts within Texas, which ended up not working. The newscasts and the drawing had cause it the decision to be withdrawn, especially with fears that it may cause the Supreme Court to rule against them and potentially open the can of worms in gerrymandering.

Unsurprisingly though, the damage was done and the Republicans lost a few of the House seats over in Texas. Overall, the Democrats would finally retake the House along with deepening the advantage that the Democrats had within the Senate. With this, Al Gore now possessed more clout and influence to try and pass things with what they wanted to do.

With the Gore Administration coming in with a majority in the House and Senate and in the governors, it looked like the Gore Administration's second term would be even more successful than the first. There was an even greater sense of optimism and hope for the future for them as some new palces were now hoping to see what the Gore Administration would do.

And Al Gore presented what he swore that should be done by the end of 2004. What he had been working on for the last few years...

Medicare for Kids.