The Republicans had a lot going for them in 2000, what with the whole weakening economy and the earlier Republican Revolution of Gingrich. That they chose Bush to represent this growing energy is sometimes mystifying to me, so I thought I'd ponder the alternate possibilities of this situation.
Who else could have been nominated for the Republican ticket in 2000? Would they have been able to win? How would someone who wasn't Bush and his neo-conservative buddies being president have effected subsequent events?