In 2004, President Bush won the popular vote but ultimately lost the election to John Edwards in the electoral college. Former President George W. Bush would die in a plane crash in 2006, and Republicans gained seats in the House in 2006, but Edwards would still be reelected by a razor-thin margin over GWB's brother, former Governor Jeb Bush.
After the election, the financial tsunami broke out, and Edwards was revealed to child a son with a campaign staffer while his wife was having terminal cancer. Edwards was also found to have used his federal campaign funding to cover up the affair. He was impeached by the House, but was acquitted since most Senate Democrats voted against impeachment. Then the GOP won a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate in 2010, as well as 301 seats in the House. The House and Senate refused to work with Edwards, and voted down Edwards' budget in 2011, leading to the shutdown of the government. Unlike in the 1990s, a majority of Americans supported the GOP and wanted the president resigned. His approval rating at a disastrous 15% after the final death of his wife. The 2011 budget was passed in 2011 after President Edwards agreed to make all Bush-era tax cuts permanent, as well as dramatically reduced spending in exchange of remaining in office.
By election day, Edwards' approval rating was at the lowest possible in history - 12%. The economy remained in hell, Iceland and Greece have both goned bankrupted, and Dennis Kucinich surprisingly won the Democratic nomination over Governor Elliot Spitzer of New York, while Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin won the GOP nomination. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York joined the race, choosing Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr as his running mate. Many Democrats decided to endorse Bloomberg over Kucinich, including former President Clinton. Moderate Republicans like Senator Lincoln Chafee endorsed Bloomberg as well. Walker would defeat Bloomberg and Kucinich by a 38-33-26 popular vote margin (exit polls showed that had Bloomberg not run, Walker would defeat Kucinich by a 56-41 margin).
Congress as of January 10, 2013:
House
Republican 286+1=287
Democrat 132+2=134
Independents (Moderate caucus) 10
Libertarian 2
Constitution 1
Socialist Workers 1
Senate
Republican 61
Democrat 34+1=35
Independents (Moderate caucus) 4
Incumbent President: John Edwards (D), Approval rating: 20%/76%
President-elect: Scott Walker (R), Approval rating: 46%/51%
Speaker: Eric Cantor (R), Approval rating: 24%/66%
What would happen if Bush won the electoral college in 2004? Will we be better off
After the election, the financial tsunami broke out, and Edwards was revealed to child a son with a campaign staffer while his wife was having terminal cancer. Edwards was also found to have used his federal campaign funding to cover up the affair. He was impeached by the House, but was acquitted since most Senate Democrats voted against impeachment. Then the GOP won a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate in 2010, as well as 301 seats in the House. The House and Senate refused to work with Edwards, and voted down Edwards' budget in 2011, leading to the shutdown of the government. Unlike in the 1990s, a majority of Americans supported the GOP and wanted the president resigned. His approval rating at a disastrous 15% after the final death of his wife. The 2011 budget was passed in 2011 after President Edwards agreed to make all Bush-era tax cuts permanent, as well as dramatically reduced spending in exchange of remaining in office.
By election day, Edwards' approval rating was at the lowest possible in history - 12%. The economy remained in hell, Iceland and Greece have both goned bankrupted, and Dennis Kucinich surprisingly won the Democratic nomination over Governor Elliot Spitzer of New York, while Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin won the GOP nomination. Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York joined the race, choosing Democratic Congressman Harold Ford Jr as his running mate. Many Democrats decided to endorse Bloomberg over Kucinich, including former President Clinton. Moderate Republicans like Senator Lincoln Chafee endorsed Bloomberg as well. Walker would defeat Bloomberg and Kucinich by a 38-33-26 popular vote margin (exit polls showed that had Bloomberg not run, Walker would defeat Kucinich by a 56-41 margin).
Congress as of January 10, 2013:
House
Republican 286+1=287
Democrat 132+2=134
Independents (Moderate caucus) 10
Libertarian 2
Constitution 1
Socialist Workers 1
Senate
Republican 61
Democrat 34+1=35
Independents (Moderate caucus) 4
Incumbent President: John Edwards (D), Approval rating: 20%/76%
President-elect: Scott Walker (R), Approval rating: 46%/51%
Speaker: Eric Cantor (R), Approval rating: 24%/66%
What would happen if Bush won the electoral college in 2004? Will we be better off
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