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Gore Administration- Summer 2005
Summer 2005
"The predictions of Hurricane Dennis and now Katrina really show that Gore's right on treating these storms more seriously"
"And it looks like the Supreme Court swings toward Gore's direction now..."
"How many people remembered about them from Ireland?"
As summer came in for the Gore Administration, it was a matter of testing many of his prior principles and rules. Medicare for Children, while mostly supported, still faced stiff competition and concerns. However, support for the program was cemented alongside with the support for Gore's policies during the hurricane season. Thanks to the satellites predicting the storm and Gore's advisement to the communities in the crossofire, people did their best to prepare. However, even then, the might of Dennis and especially the horrific damage of Katrina shook the nation up in the forces of nature. Yet, Gore did not spare the assistance needed to rebuild the lost communities. Injured young people were given medical attention and care without their parents or guardians having to worry about payment, which many people expressed immense gratitude at Medicare for Children, especially for those who lost many things. Billions of dollars were needed for damages and repairs; one large issue that was addressed was on how oil platforms were destroyed and the economic rammifications felt from such losses needed to be considered though as well as what could replace them. Cautious and thorough Gore though sent reinforcements of the National Guard and engineers to come in and assist with repaier and maintaining order. The US took the opportunity to work with Venezeula and Cuba in not just international relief, but also in assisting the repairs and works done over for the Caribbean islands affected. The Gore Administration had spared nothing in trying to ensure the safety and well-being ad the effect was seen. Gore's prophetic words in regards to the worsening storms rang true here. While the Gore administration did its best and fared better than expected, there was still some criticisms, though some by conservatives in concerns for costs. This would unsurprisingly cost them with the backlash and criticisms on local governments also felt. Despite this, it was also a unifying time as forces from around the world came in to assist. Mexico and Canada came in to assist their neighbor and the assistance of Cuba and Venezuela worked toward relations toward them. However, moreso was that of Iran. Besides assisting in with the oil to help lessen the impact, many went in. It was a political move to improve Iranian prestige and it worked, big time. The success of the Reform coalition of Iran meant it would be able to win the election weeks ago and they needed to show they had good standing. The support Iran provided and the acolades and reinforcement of ties that followed helped boost the prestige extensively. It also generated a movement where other Middle Eastern nations such as Jordan and Lebanon sent in their support and aid. It was done in the hopes also of improving reputation and it succeeded. Opinion polls would show a noticeable decrease in Islamophobia and an increase in opinion. Gore himself also worked as many noted his endless hours to ensure safety. Additionally, social media returned as many used it as a way to gather and track information. Gore's digital cabinet ran with this and government agents worked with volunteers to help locate and rescue victims. As the next weeks followed, plans on rebuilding were discussed, such as on how to improve the safety of the city and solving the resettlement of several thousands of people along with work opportunities provided. New levees needed to be built and new redesigns to stand up to the hurricanes. Additionally, disasters needed to be cleaned up, such as the oil spills caused by the hurricane. Overall, the Gore administration put in what was needed and more to help needed and the international support also brought in people together.
Katrina on August 28, nearing the Gulf Coast.
While summer would end with the news on Katrina, it was far from the only news. Russian-American relations were slowly being amended with their joint space venture, the Volna rocket. It was done to try and work on light sail projects and managed to achieve some success after some revisions were done. It was the first of the returns to space as seen with the "Return to Flight" space shuttle. Another large bit of news was the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. While many noted she would try and last longer, the growing illness of her husband throughout this time forced her to choose her private life over this. As such, Republicans sweated as Al Gore now had an opportunity to swing the Supreme Court to his favor and many noted that with the likely retirement or death of Rehnquest, it will also mean that it would soldifiy a strong leaning to say the least. While Gore was something of a centralist, he had been moving gradually to the left and some joked he had a bit of a grudge based on how he nearly lost the presidency due to the Supreme Court. However, news also came with the surprise retirement of David Souter. He had planned to retire earlier though circumstances complicated things. Nonetheless, Both O'Connor and Souter would leave in the Summer of 2005. Merrick Garland was chosen to replace Souter and then Sonia Sotomayor would replace O'Connor. The Republicans silently lamented the loss of the Supreme Court while mroe progressive elements cheered at the news. Additionally, this with the hopes of the reforms of elections meant that peopel hoped gerrymandering and other political chicanery would become a thing of the past. While running them through was difficult as a GOP Senate tried various methods to stop, the Gore administration refused to play around and used whatever they could to pressure the moderate Republicans to vote through. Katrina would become a good method of trying to go and pressure. Ultimately, the two justices became the case and the stress of it all would lead to the not-so-surprising death of Supreme Court Rehnquest. While the debats wre discussed, many knew this would be a brand new age for the Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor & Merrick Garland, new Supreme Court Justices
"The predictions of Hurricane Dennis and now Katrina really show that Gore's right on treating these storms more seriously"
"And it looks like the Supreme Court swings toward Gore's direction now..."
"How many people remembered about them from Ireland?"
As summer came in for the Gore Administration, it was a matter of testing many of his prior principles and rules. Medicare for Children, while mostly supported, still faced stiff competition and concerns. However, support for the program was cemented alongside with the support for Gore's policies during the hurricane season. Thanks to the satellites predicting the storm and Gore's advisement to the communities in the crossofire, people did their best to prepare. However, even then, the might of Dennis and especially the horrific damage of Katrina shook the nation up in the forces of nature. Yet, Gore did not spare the assistance needed to rebuild the lost communities. Injured young people were given medical attention and care without their parents or guardians having to worry about payment, which many people expressed immense gratitude at Medicare for Children, especially for those who lost many things. Billions of dollars were needed for damages and repairs; one large issue that was addressed was on how oil platforms were destroyed and the economic rammifications felt from such losses needed to be considered though as well as what could replace them. Cautious and thorough Gore though sent reinforcements of the National Guard and engineers to come in and assist with repaier and maintaining order. The US took the opportunity to work with Venezeula and Cuba in not just international relief, but also in assisting the repairs and works done over for the Caribbean islands affected. The Gore Administration had spared nothing in trying to ensure the safety and well-being ad the effect was seen. Gore's prophetic words in regards to the worsening storms rang true here. While the Gore administration did its best and fared better than expected, there was still some criticisms, though some by conservatives in concerns for costs. This would unsurprisingly cost them with the backlash and criticisms on local governments also felt. Despite this, it was also a unifying time as forces from around the world came in to assist. Mexico and Canada came in to assist their neighbor and the assistance of Cuba and Venezuela worked toward relations toward them. However, moreso was that of Iran. Besides assisting in with the oil to help lessen the impact, many went in. It was a political move to improve Iranian prestige and it worked, big time. The success of the Reform coalition of Iran meant it would be able to win the election weeks ago and they needed to show they had good standing. The support Iran provided and the acolades and reinforcement of ties that followed helped boost the prestige extensively. It also generated a movement where other Middle Eastern nations such as Jordan and Lebanon sent in their support and aid. It was done in the hopes also of improving reputation and it succeeded. Opinion polls would show a noticeable decrease in Islamophobia and an increase in opinion. Gore himself also worked as many noted his endless hours to ensure safety. Additionally, social media returned as many used it as a way to gather and track information. Gore's digital cabinet ran with this and government agents worked with volunteers to help locate and rescue victims. As the next weeks followed, plans on rebuilding were discussed, such as on how to improve the safety of the city and solving the resettlement of several thousands of people along with work opportunities provided. New levees needed to be built and new redesigns to stand up to the hurricanes. Additionally, disasters needed to be cleaned up, such as the oil spills caused by the hurricane. Overall, the Gore administration put in what was needed and more to help needed and the international support also brought in people together.
Katrina on August 28, nearing the Gulf Coast.
While summer would end with the news on Katrina, it was far from the only news. Russian-American relations were slowly being amended with their joint space venture, the Volna rocket. It was done to try and work on light sail projects and managed to achieve some success after some revisions were done. It was the first of the returns to space as seen with the "Return to Flight" space shuttle. Another large bit of news was the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. While many noted she would try and last longer, the growing illness of her husband throughout this time forced her to choose her private life over this. As such, Republicans sweated as Al Gore now had an opportunity to swing the Supreme Court to his favor and many noted that with the likely retirement or death of Rehnquest, it will also mean that it would soldifiy a strong leaning to say the least. While Gore was something of a centralist, he had been moving gradually to the left and some joked he had a bit of a grudge based on how he nearly lost the presidency due to the Supreme Court. However, news also came with the surprise retirement of David Souter. He had planned to retire earlier though circumstances complicated things. Nonetheless, Both O'Connor and Souter would leave in the Summer of 2005. Merrick Garland was chosen to replace Souter and then Sonia Sotomayor would replace O'Connor. The Republicans silently lamented the loss of the Supreme Court while mroe progressive elements cheered at the news. Additionally, this with the hopes of the reforms of elections meant that peopel hoped gerrymandering and other political chicanery would become a thing of the past. While running them through was difficult as a GOP Senate tried various methods to stop, the Gore administration refused to play around and used whatever they could to pressure the moderate Republicans to vote through. Katrina would become a good method of trying to go and pressure. Ultimately, the two justices became the case and the stress of it all would lead to the not-so-surprising death of Supreme Court Rehnquest. While the debats wre discussed, many knew this would be a brand new age for the Supreme Court.
Sonia Sotomayor & Merrick Garland, new Supreme Court Justices
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