In the 1994 midterm elections, one of the few bright spots for Democrats was keeping the Oregon governoship in Democratic hands. As John Kitzhaber's transition team shuffled through applications for internships, one looked quite spectacular -- the application of Monica Lewinsky. She was quickly hired as an intern at Governor Kitzhaber's office. Incidentally, Governor Kitzhaber, often looked at as a potential primary challenger to Al Gore in 2000, would resign after allegations of having had an affair with Lewinsky in 1998.
Meanwhile, in Washington DC, Bill Clinton was secretly planning on changing the whole concept of American democracy. An ambitious goal, sure, but a new millennium needed a new kind of electoral idea. So in 1996, shortly after winning a landslide re-election against Bob Dole, he walked to the East Room to propose his electoral reform: The Democracy Act. The concept was quite simple: Starting in 2000, both parties would hold primaries across the nation to decide who would be the candidate for Prime Minister, exactly how the presidential primaries were held. Then, on Election Day, each state would hold elections for who they thought would be best fit to serve as Prime Minister. Across the state, whoever got over 5% of the popular vote would win the electoral votes of the state. Meanwhile, each party would publish a list of who would get a congressional seat in that state, similar to MMP party lists. The presidential popular vote would determine the amount of seats for each party in that state. There would be no 440-seat limit. It would be truly proportional.
How would the country react? Only time would tell.