Osama bin-Laden dies of snake bite in Sudan, in 1998. Al-Qaeda never becomes the internatonal force it did in OTL; the Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, along with bombing of the USS Cole, represent their highwater mark. Since those events still manage to come off, bin-Laden's death leads to insufficient butterflies in order to avoid the election of Bush in 2000.
What is the Bush presidency like? Does he still find an excuse to invade & occupy Iraq? Does he get re-elected in 2004?
I know this has probably been done to death, but I doubt many topics from modern history haven't been examined here previously.
I predict Howard Dean winning the Democratic nomination in 2004, and defeating a very unpopular President Bush in the general election of that year, with around 320 EVs. Of course, this assumes no Iraq War. If there is an Iraq War, then presumably Kerry is still the nominee, and he also wins, probably by a slightly larger margin than Dean.
What is the Bush presidency like? Does he still find an excuse to invade & occupy Iraq? Does he get re-elected in 2004?
I know this has probably been done to death, but I doubt many topics from modern history haven't been examined here previously.
I predict Howard Dean winning the Democratic nomination in 2004, and defeating a very unpopular President Bush in the general election of that year, with around 320 EVs. Of course, this assumes no Iraq War. If there is an Iraq War, then presumably Kerry is still the nominee, and he also wins, probably by a slightly larger margin than Dean.