barack obama

How did this happen, you ask? Don't ask me - we can guess together lol. What policies would they likely push through?

Before anyone jumps on me, I know that the obvious answer is a resounding YES. I've seen those posts from a certain user on this site that try to converge the timeline so heavily towards an Obama presidency. BUT...hear me out. My outline for this timeline begins with a Ford '76 victory...

BERNIE SANDERS'S ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE 2016 The General Election Republican President Donald Trump was elected in the 2012 presidential election, shocking the world and the nation when he won the presidency on Election Night. Trump defeated President Barack Obama in the electoral college and...

One Night in Boston: The Ramifications of the 2004 Democratic National Convention. One of the major surprises in the lead up to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston was that the keynote speaker happened to come down to two candidates. One was Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee to...

Pandemonium following the shooting. It was a crispy Monday afternoon at Malacanang Palace, where hundreds of well-wishers were awaiting the arrival of POTUS Barack Obama in his historic visit to the Philippines... Over across Manila, there was a group of Secret Task Force members getting last...

Folks, this is a redux of a timeline project I first posted a while ago. Part I is mostly written, and it may cease there depending on what people think. Expect the first update tomorrow. It centers on what may have happened if John McCain had stuck with his gut and named Joe Lieberman as his...

I am very proud to announce my choice for America’s next Secretary of State -- John Kerry. In a sense, John’s entire life has prepared him for this role. As the son of a Foreign Service officer, he has a deep respect for the men and women of the State Department -- the role they play in...

What if Senator Hillary Clinton had voted against the Iraq War? Would she have defeated Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries? If nominated, would she have beaten McCain in the general? How would US history have been different if Clinton had opposed the war?

The year is 2000. Vice-President Al Gore narrowly defeats George W. Bush to become the 43rd US President. Four years later, Gore loses his re-election bid to Senator John McCain. In 2008 President McCain is running for re-election, at least if his health permits. Under these circumstances, and...

The POD is Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. She selects Indiana Senator Evan Bayh as her running mate and goes on to defeat John McCain in the general election. Four years later Clinton/Bayh are up against Mitt Romney and his running mate...

Former Georgia Congressman and House Speaker Newt Gingrich had expressed interest in running for the Republican nomination, and there was even a draft movement for him to enter. Had he ran, would he have won the nomination? Who might he have selected as his vice presidential nominee? How does he...

In retrospect, it's bizarre that many conservatives slammed Obama as a "socialist" when in reality his policies were quite centrist; the ACA was a Republican idea after all. In interviews Obama has compared himself to a moderate Republican and as President he went out of his way to accommodate...

Throughout much of the 2012 campaign Obama's approvals were down and he was neck and neck with Romney in the polls. It looked like Romney's election to lose and that he did: the former MA Governor made a series of gaffes about the "47%" and "binders full of women" that doomed his candidacy...

Supposing that John Kerry had narrowly won in 2004 and the Great Recession still occurs in 2007 (it may be different due to butterflies, but this POD isn't going to change the economic forces that lead to the crash) how would President Kerry have handled the economy? And since a Republican...

The 2012 election between Obama and Romney was a relatively close affair. Romney did very well in the initial debates and was leading the President for a brief period in the polls, but his gaffes about the 47% and women ruined his chances and Obama carried the day. Had Clinton bested Obama in...

As you know, the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries were the closest in history, with Hillary Clinton winning Democratic domination of the presidency by defeating candidate Barack Obama by just 3%. Later, Clinton would win the election and be the 44th president of the United States.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to make John McCain the 44th president of the United States. How do you do it? What is the effect of a McCain victory and presidency?

This may have been asked before, but honestly, i'm too lazy to search for it. So, just as it says in the title; What if Bernie Sanders ran his first Presidential campaign in 2008? Assuming he ran as a Democrat, as he did in 2016, what impact would his presence have on the race? Would he have...

The 2008 Democratic Primary was, by and large, a bitter fight between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the nomination. Ultimately, Obama won out, and eventually became President. IOTL, Clinton was obviously considered a serious contender for the VP slot, yet was apparently never even vetted...