John McCain 2000

My guess is McCain would go for a Midwesterner. How about Peter Fitzgerald? He's both more conservative than McCain, but enough of a maverick that he solidifies the themes of a 2000-era McCain campaign.
 
My guess is McCain would go for a Midwesterner. How about Peter Fitzgerald? He's both more conservative than McCain, but enough of a maverick that he solidifies the themes of a 2000-era McCain campaign.

Too inexperienced. He's only been a senator for a year iirc.
 
I think McCain would either pick longtime ally Lindsay Graham or maybe Mark Sanford. He'd easily beat Gore, though a lot of the religious right would go to Alan Keyes or Bob Smith (Constitution/US Taxpayers), or Pat Buchanan (Reform). Nader's vote might be smaller, though, with McCain's reputation for reform.
McCain would keep the surplus for longer, thus reducing the debt. Unlike Bush, he'd be willing to investigate certain actions taken by Clinton. He'd be willing to go into Iraq sooner (or North Korea). I'm not sure how he'd handle the intel on 9/11. He'd take a tougher line on China in the EP-3 incident. After that, who knows? The only decision I think he'd do, if he's in the WH in 2008 is to get tougher on Russia after they intervene in the South Ossetia War...which could become WWIII. (I am working on a McCain TL, in which at least two prominent Republicans leave the party and get elected to office on third party tickets as a result...and McCain is the first Republican to face a certain problem in about 140 years...)
 

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Bush/Romney vs Obama/Biden

Republicans lose seats (3-5 in the Senate and 10-20 in the House) in 2010 but keep control of Congress.

The economy improves a little faster (unemployment is about 1.5-2.0% lower by 2012), and Bush narrowly keeps his job, largely thanks to his attacking Obama on abortion and gay marriage.

Totals look something like this;

Jeb Bush/Romney - 50.2% / 295
Obama/Biden - 48.6% / 243
Other - 1.2%

Republicans win 55+ seats in the Senate and 235+ the House.
 
I think McCain would either pick longtime ally Lindsay Graham or maybe Mark Sanford. He'd easily beat Gore, though a lot of the religious right would go to Alan Keyes or Bob Smith (Constitution/US Taxpayers), or Pat Buchanan (Reform). Nader's vote might be smaller, though, with McCain's reputation for reform.
McCain would keep the surplus for longer, thus reducing the debt. Unlike Bush, he'd be willing to investigate certain actions taken by Clinton. He'd be willing to go into Iraq sooner (or North Korea). I'm not sure how he'd handle the intel on 9/11. He'd take a tougher line on China in the EP-3 incident. After that, who knows? The only decision I think he'd do, if he's in the WH in 2008 is to get tougher on Russia after they intervene in the South Ossetia War...which could become WWIII. (I am working on a McCain TL, in which at least two prominent Republicans leave the party and get elected to office on third party tickets as a result...and McCain is the first Republican to face a certain problem in about 140 years...)
Based on this!
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McCain wins 318 to 220 ev!
 
I don't think McCain would win West Virginia and Arkansas. They swung over twenty points for Bush not because he was a Republican, but because he was a religious right conservative. Louisiana too. I'm also not sure about Oregon and Minnesota, that depends on how well Gore handles Nader. I could see McCain taking some moderate Gore voters, while losing conservatives to Buchanan (or them not showing up at all), while Gore gains some OTL Nader voters (since he won't pick Lieberman and won't have to run to the right as much). I think McCain would have a fair chance of winning Maine outright (definitely Maine's 2nd) and Pennsylvania, too.

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