What if George W Bush had won the 2000 election? The obvious point of departure is Puerto Rico does not vote for statehood. Those eight electoral votes provided Gore's margin of victory. Of course, that would have meant that Bush would have won because of the Florida recount. I know it wasn't a big news story but I hope some of you at least remember that the litigation went all the way to the Supreme court. ITTL five unelected supreme court justices would have not have reduced Gore's electoral vote margin they would have put Bush in the White House. That means Bush would, like Rutherford B Hayes and John Quincy Adams, have to deal with an angry opposition shouting WE WAS ROBBED !!!! Of Course I think that would have lost what I think are the greatest accomplishments of the Gore years: universal health care and the alternative energy research. I think about the last one every time I read my electric bill and thank my inexpensive solar panel as well as the great deal we got on our hybrid mini van. Notice that President Romney has not try to tamper with these two popular programs even before the Democratic landslide of 2010.