change a few votes

If you change the results in the 2000 presidential election in four close state ( Florida won by Bush, New Mexico, Iowa and Wisconsin won by Gore). You would get a tied electoral college. On January 6, 2001 the 26 House Republican House delegations would elect George W Bush president. The Senate was tied with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. Al Gore still Vice President for two weeks would break the tie in favor of his running mate Joe Leiberman. So for the first time in 204 years, you would have had president and a vice president of different parties elected. Lieberman would try to act as party leader but would have ambitious Democrats in Congress working to make sure he did not get all the credit. The one other change I see is that the Republican governor of Connecticut replaces Lieberman with someone of his own party. The Republicans get one more seat in the Senate. That would move them from 50 to 51. I don't think this interesting scenario changes much of anything. Leiberman became Bush's ally on the subject of the war in Iraq, just he did OTL. He still bombs when he runs for president in 2004. Bush stills wins narrowly but with a solid Electoral voter majority. His running mate I assume Cheney, who spent the previous four years as a powerful assistant to the preisdent takes office as vice president. I thought I would post this anyway so if any of you see something that would change, we could discuss it.
 
i think if gore picked bill bradly for running mate he would of hada better chance. gore came of as a stiff one trying to get out in the publice talking with the common folk in town hall debates would of hepled.:eek:
 
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