Rove says the candidates they feared most were Lieberman and Gephardt. Halperin mentions "unnamed strategists" as saying Hillary.
Gallup had not polled this race, and was relying on publicly released polls. Cleland, incidentally, lost 53%-45% - a bit too much for a sudden shift.Incumbent Democrat Max Cleland holds the advantage over Republican U.S. Rep. Saxby Chambliss.
Cleland, incidentally, lost 53%-45% - a bit much for a sudden shift.
Given that security procedures presumably wouldn't have been changed after September 11, 2001 (since nothing happens that day ITTL), it's plausible that Wellstone's plane doesn't crash ITTL - those aren't obviously connected, but commercial airplane operations were affected by 9/11. Depends on how big a butterfly net we want to swing, though.
What about Darfur? The conflict there will probably get a lot more attention without 9-11 and the Iraq War. Would Bush intervene to stop the fighting there?
I know he campaigned against nation building in the 2000 election, but he also showed a lot of interest in Africa during his presidency, and if US forces are not engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq then he has a lot more options available when Darfur explodes.
If the US does militarily intervene in the Sudan how successful will it be and what will be the reaction domestically and in international affairs?
What about Darfur? The conflict there will probably get a lot more attention without 9-11 and the Iraq War. Would Bush intervene to stop the fighting there?