Going Rogue: President Sarah Palin

After all this tax cutting from everyone's favourite maverick, I wonder where the national debt would be at this point. If Obama is having a hard time right now, I honestly feel sorry for Booker, having to clean up a tanking US economy...
 
The first mention of the suicide attack on the the 9/11 memorial didn't mention that it was by Iranians. Since when do Iranians use suicide bombers and why would the Iranians attack the 9/11 memorial? Why would the U.S. declare war over Iran gaining weapons of mass destruction? That isn't a casus belli. War in Iran would cause tens of thousands of U.S. casualties. How can they justify the assasination of a sitting head of government?
 
The first mention of the suicide attack on the the 9/11 memorial didn't mention that it was by Iranians. Since when do Iranians use suicide bombers and why would the Iranians attack the 9/11 memorial? Why would the U.S. declare war over Iran gaining weapons of mass destruction? That isn't a casus belli. War in Iran would cause tens of thousands of U.S. casualties. How can they justify the assasination of a sitting head of government?

i'll admit i don't remember everything, the TL was so long. i'm pretty sure the basis for the attack was this

September 17, 2017: New reports show that after nearly five years of “lying low” Iran possesses weapons of mass destruction.

not the 9/11 attack
 
Eh I feel that a Democratic Victory was written in stone. After practically a decade of Republican rule in one of te most controversial periods of American domestic and foreign politics rivaling Vietnam.
 
It was decent enough, but I'm not quite sure about a few things.

1) I still do not believe McCain would have been able to win in 2008 without some massive Obama gaffe. Even at his peak, shortly after the Republican Convention, McCain's 'lead' in the polls was less than three points and that lead lasted for only roughly 10 days. Even before Palin's disastrous interview, Obama had already regained the lead in national polls.

So, I disagree that a better performance in the interview would have changed much of anything. Even if McCain ultimately voted against the bailouts, it wouldn't have been enough to change the narrative. His campaign was DOA the second the economy collapsed.

2) McCain's economic policies aren't really explained. It appears, from the unemployment rate, that it closely mirrors what happened in the real world. Why? What did he do - besides tax cuts - to get the economy going again? I'm guessing there was no stimulus and what did he do with the auto bailout?

Lots of inaction and focusing on welfare reform is not going to help the economy. My guess, if McCain ultimately adopted the same policies you put forth in this TL, the economy would have dipped even further and unemployment would have spiked to at least 15%. The reality is, politics aside, we needed a huge jolt to get the economy going again and even then, it's still not growing as fast as any of us would like.

Tax cuts alone would not have brought down the unemployment rate - though, I do think adding revenue would have helped pay down the deficit and certainly created more economic stability down the road. However, at the forefront of the recession, which really bottomed out around November-March, that wouldn't have mattered.

Finally, what about the stock market?
 
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