When discussing a scenario where the Democrats are in power in the early 2000's, the emphasis seems to be placed on Gore beating Bush in 2000. However there's no guarantee that Gore would even make it beyond one term. A Republican could just as well win in 2004, and make the same choices as Bush vis a vis Iraq, Katrina, and the economy. What I want to explore is a scenario where the Democrats are in power at least during the full eight years of 2001-2009 that encompassed Bush's OTL presidency, putting them in charge during 9/11, Katrina, and the Great Recession. The scenario I put forward is Bush 41 scores an upset over Clinton in 1992, followed by Democratic victories in '96, 2000, and '04. How would Democratic administrations, and presumably a Democratic Congress at least initially, have handled these key events differently and how would the direction of the US change as a result?