REVOLUTION! A Chafee 2004 timeline

Who should be the 2004 Democratic nominee

  • John Kerry

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • John Edwards

    Votes: 9 30.0%
  • Howard Dean

    Votes: 14 46.7%
  • Wesley Clark

    Votes: 5 16.7%

  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .

On June 4th 2005 the U.S would pull the last troops out of Iraq. They would still support the Iraqi government with funding and weapons. But Chafee’s reappling of Don’t ask Don’t tell was a failure on the house floor. It was voted down quickly.


“President Chafee has failed to deliver on conservative Christians values.” -Rep. Mike Pence


Polls:

Do you have a positive opinion on Lincoln Chafee’s legislative movements?

Yes: 52%

No: 45%

No opinion: 3%
 
(I’m gonna have to skip ahead. Nothing much happens until the midterms)

Charles Barkley would announce that he was running for governor of Alabama in 2006. He would say “If Chafee can beat an incumbent in the Republican primaries than so can I.” Barkley would do just that. He would beat Bob Riley in the Republican primaries. Then he would win the Gubernatorial election against Lucy Braxton.


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The governor of Alabama, Charles Barkley.


Rick Santorum would announce that he was running for senate as a Constitution party candidate. It wouldn’t really matter because Santorum lost.



Senate Elections:

49 Democrats

49 Republicans

2 Independents


House Elections:

233 Democrats

202 Republicans
 
On February 27th 2007 Ron Paul was visiting Pakistan with Sectaries Jim Webb and McCain. At approximately 10:15 a suicide bomber would kill Paul and injure McCain. The bombing would kill 20 other people while injuring 24.


“Ron Paul was a great man. He never stopped fighting for what he believed in. He was the first politician to endorse me when no one thought I could do it.” -President Chafee at Ron Paul’s funeral


“While I disagreed with Ron Paul on many issues* I am very saddened to here of his death. I would like to offer my condolences to his family” -Frothy


President Chafee would appoint Ohio Representative John Kasich to be his Vice President.




















*If this TL was written by someone else you would have killed him
 
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March 12 2007: President Lincoln Chafee signed two bills today. The bills would legalize gay marriage and allow LGBTQ people to openly serve in the military.


*Rick Santorum recording*


“Damit! That bastard is destroying this party!” -Frothy


“Look there’s nothing you can do. Chafee is making the party more popular.” -unnamed aid


“(Cackles evilly) Yes, but that’s what they said about Bush. So let’s pull a Chafee on Lincoln Chafee.” -Frothy


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“Because Lincoln Chafee is destroying the party that I love so much I have decided that there is only one way to stop him. To beat him in the Republican primaries*.” -Frothy





















*And to kill him in an airplane
 
The Democratic Primaries part 1

The Candidates:

Sen. Barack Obama

Rep. Bernie Sanders

Sen. John Edwards

Gov. Bill Richards

Sen. Joe Biden

Sen. Chris Dodd

Gov. Martin O’Malley


Iowa

Obama: 24% 15 delegates

Edwards: 22% 14 delegates

Biden: 20% 10 delegates

Sanders: 19% 5 delegates

O’Malley: 7% 1 delegate

Richardson: 4%

Dodd: 4%


Before the New Hampshire Primary Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd would decide to drop out.


New Hampshire

Biden: 24% 10 delegates

Sanders: 21% 5 delegates

O’Malley: 20% 5 delegates

Obama: 19% 2 delegates

Edwards: 14%


Michigan

Obama: 26% 76 delegates

Biden: 21% 30 delegates

Edwards: 20% 12 delegates

Sanders: 13% 10 delegates

O’Malley: 10%


After a poor performance in Michigan Martin O’Malley would drop out of the election and endorse Obama.


Nevada

Biden: 34% 11 delegates

Obama: 32% 10 delegates

Edwards: 18% 3 delegates

Sanders: 16%


After poor performances in most of the primaries Bernie Sanders would drop out of the race and endorse Obama.


South Carolina

Edwards: 40% 20 delegates

Obama: 33% 13 delegates

Biden: 27% 12 delegates


Florida

Obama: 39% 70 delegates

Edwards: 38% 69 delegates

Biden: 23% 49 delegates


Delegate count before Super Tuesday

Obama: 186 delegates

Biden: 122 delegates

Edwards: 118 delegates

The Ghost of Bernie Sanders: 20 delegates

The Ghost Of Martin O’Malley: 6 delegates
 
The Democratic primaries part 2

John Edwards was staying at a hotel in his home state of South Carolina to watch Super Tuesday go down. He had only won one primary but was hoping that he could change things at Super Tuesday.


Alabama

Obama: 39.6% 27 delegates

Edwards: 39.4% 25 delegates

Biden: 21%


Alaska

Biden: 36% 7 delegates

Obama: 35% 4 delegates

Edwards: 29% 2 delegates


American Samoa

Obama: 35% 2 delegates

Biden: 33% 1 delegate

Edwards: 32%


Arizona

Obama: 37% 30 delegates

Biden: 32% 20 delegates

Edwards: 31% 6 delegates


Arkansas

Obama: 38% 20 delegates

Edwards: 37% 14 delegates

Biden: 25% 1 delegate


California

Obama: 40% 200 delegates

Biden: 32% 100 delegates

Edwards: 28 70 delegates


Colorado

Obama: 36% 35 delegates

Edwards: 33% 16 delegates

Biden: 31% 4 delegates

Connecticut

Biden: 40% 29 delegates

Obama: 30% 10 delegates

Edwards: 29% 9 delegates

O’Malley (write in): 1%


Delaware

Biden: 51% 12 delegates

Obama: 30% 3 delegates

Edwards: 18%

O’Malley (Write in): 1%


Georgia

Obama: 37% 45 delegates

Edwards: 36% 42 delegates

Biden: 27%


Idaho

Obama: 40% 12 delegates

Edwards: 31% 6 delegates

Biden: 29%


Illinois

Obama: 69% 150 delegates

Biden: 20% 3 delegates

Edwards: 11%


Kansas

Obama: 41% 20 delegates

Edwards: 32% 10 delegates

Biden: 27% 2 delegates


Massachusetts

Biden: 42% 55 delegates

Obama: 30% 20 delegates

Edwards: 28% 18 delegates


Minnesota

Obama: 53% 52 delegates

Edwards: 24% 11 delegates

Biden: 23% 9 delegates


Missouri

Obama: 38% 30 delegates

Edwards: 32% 22 delegates

Biden: 30% 20 delegates


New Jersey

Biden: 43% 80 delegates

Obama: 29% 17 delegates

Edwards: 28% 10 delegates


New Mexico

Obama: 40% 16 delegates

Biden: 32% 6 delegates

Edwards: 28% 4 delegates


New York

Obama: 40.8% 118 delegates

Biden: 40.2% 114 delegates

Edwards: 19%


North Dakota

Obama: 39% 8 delegates

Edwards: 33% 5 delegates

Biden: 28%


Oklahoma

Obama: 34% 20 delegates

Edwards: 33% 9 delegates

Biden: 33% 9 delegates


Tennessee

Obama: 36% 38 delegates

Edwards: 34% 17 delegates

Biden: 30% 13 delegates


Utah

Obama: 34% 13 delegates

Biden: 33% 5 delegates

Edwards: 33% 5 delegates


John Edwards was sobbing in the middle of his hotel room. All of his hard work to get to where he was, destroyed. He was crushed. He was too emotionally exhausted to throw a chair or cuss out anyone. He had to end the campaign.


John Edwards would endorse Barack Obama.


Post Super Tuesday Delegate Count

Barack Obama: 1076 delegates

Joe Biden: 631 delegates

John Edwards: 419 delegates


Joe Biden knew that he had to fight in the next couple primaries. He began to attack Obama and would go crazy campaigning in every state that held a primary or caucus.


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Louisiana

Obama: 53% 31 delegates

Biden: 47% 25 delegates


Nebraska

Obama: 51% 13 delegates

Biden: 49% 11 delegates


Virgin Islands

Obama: 54% 3 delegates

Biden: 46%


Washington

Obama: 57% 50 delegates

Biden: 43% 28 delegates


Maine

Biden: 52% 14 delegates

Obama: 46% 10 delegates

Sanders (Write in) 2%


Democrats abroad

Obama: 52% 5 delegates

Biden: 48% 2 delegates


D.C
Biden: 57% 9 delegates

Obama: 43% 4 delegates


Maryland

O’Malley (write in): 60% 69 delegates

Biden: 21% 1 delegate

Obama: 18%

Sanders (write in): 1%


Virginia
Obama: 52% 43 delegates

Biden: 48% 40 delegates


Overnight it became a massive joke that Martin O’Malley won the Maryland primary even though he had been out of the race for weeks.


Joe Biden would drop out of the election, making Sen. Obama the presumptive nominee.
 
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Rick Santorum at a campaign event, 2011


At first Rick Santorum seemed like he had a chance at the nomination. He could get the votes of the religious right, which were feeling disenfranchised by the Chafee presidency. But Chafee supporters would begin to brutally attack Santorum. Many attended his rallies with signs that said

“Frothy for Dictator 2008”

Others would chant “Frothy! Frothy! Frothy!” at his rallies. Santorum asked Google to remove the definition of his name, but even that made him seem thin-skinned and wanting to take away Americans first amendment rights.


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A Rick Santorum poster used by Chafee supporters


Because Santorum was tired of being known as “Frothy” he dropped out before the primaries. He moved to the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania to start his own paper company. He would call it “The Rick Santorum Paper Company”.
 
As a Rhode Islander who actually kind of likes Chafee, I really can't imagine him getting elected President as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or whatever. He's a moderate progressive, sincere, well-meaning, but frankly he is not a very good speaker and can come off as flaky - someone with his personality just wouldn't win a 2004 Republican primary or general election. He was also probably the Republican most supportive of government spending and the social safety net during Bush's first term, so Ron Paul as his running mate would be an awkward fit at best.
 
Chafee is very much a good, talented, awkward policy wonk who's very good at governance. He's not charismatic at all though.
 
As a Rhode Islander who actually kind of likes Chafee, I really can't imagine him getting elected President as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or whatever. He's a moderate progressive, sincere, well-meaning, but frankly he is not a very good speaker and can come off as flaky - someone with his personality just wouldn't win a 2004 Republican primary or general election. He was also probably the Republican most supportive of government spending and the social safety net during Bush's first term, so Ron Paul as his running mate would be an awkward fit at best.
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Meanwhile in the constitution party...
The constitution party would nominate Indiana Representative Mike Pence for president. Pence would select Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his VP candidate. People expected the constitution party to win votes from the religious right due to Chafee being pro-life and pro-gay marriage.
 
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Senator Barack Obama made a list of all of his potential running mates:


Brian Schweitzer

Bernie Sanders

Joe Biden

Ted Kulongoski


He decided on Bernie Sanders because he was an impassioned speaker and could steal some of the Northeastern votes from Lincoln Chafee


The Debates

In the first presidential debate Lincoln Chafee attacked his opponents on their qualifications

and their homophobia.


*Debate recording*

Mike Pence: Look, Lincoln we need to keep conservative Christians values important

Lincoln Chafee: Why only Christians? Didn’t Ronald Reagan specifically say ‘separate church and state’.

Mike Pence: Some of your policies have held Christian’s Religious freedom back

Lincoln Chafee: By Religious Freedom do you mean homophobia?

Mike Pence: Uh-

Lincoln Chafee: Because if you truly want small government then why aren't you letting people marry who they want to marry?”

(The Crowd Applauds)


*Debate recording*

Lincoln Chafee: Senator Obama do you believe that only spending one term in the senate makes you a qualified to become president?

Barack Obama: Uh-

Lincoln Chafee: Because if you're going to become president you must have the proper qualifications.


(In the other debates not much changed)


Lincoln Chafee was holding a major lead because of Obama’s under qualifications and Pence’s homophobia. But some thought that the religious belt would go to either Pence or Obama because Pence would take some of Chafee’s votes and Obama would win the votes of the African-American population that were in the Religious belt.





6 p.m

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Mike Pence/Sarah Palin: 11 EVs

Lincoln Chafee/John Kasich: 8 EVs

Barack Obama/Bernie Sanders: 0 EVs


7 p.m

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Linclon Chafee/John Kasich: 52 EVs

Barack Obama/Bernie Sanders: 19 EVs

Mike Pence/Sarah Palin: 11 EVs


7:30 p.m

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Chafee/Kasich: 72 EVs

Obama/Sanders: 39 EVs

Pence/Palin: 11 EVs


8 p.m

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Chafee/Kasich: 210 EVs

Obama/Sanders: 96 EVs

Pence/Palin: 11 EVs


8:30 P.M

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Chafee/Kasich: 216 EVs

Obama/Sanders: 96 EVs

Pence/Palin: 11 EVs


9 p.m

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Chafee/Kasich: 278 EVs*

Obama/Sanders: 155 EVs

Pence/Palin: 12 EVs




Final Electoral Map

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Chafee/Kasich: 312 EVs*

Obama/Sanders: 211 EVs

Pence/Palin: 15 EVs
 
After the reelection of Lincoln Chafee a couple things were different from previous elections.

Oregon and the Northeast voted Republican for the first time since 1984

Georgia voted Democratic for the first time since 1976


Now there were various reasons for this. In Oregon the state is very Republican outside of Portland. The biggest city in the state. But Portland is very Democratic so the Democrats usually win the state. But this time some of Chafee’s policies lead to him gaining Democratic support in Portland. Add on the Republican support he got from outside of Portland and BOOM Chafee wins Oregon. Chafee won the Northeast because he’s a Northeastern guy. Nothing much to really say about that. Obama managed to win Georgia because he got the minority vote out and Mike Pence took some of the Republican votes from Chafee. Not only that but Obama also got support from former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter.


THE CONSTITUTION PARTY

After the 2004 and 2008 elections one thing was clear: The Constitution Party had support. This support stemmed from the fact that Lincoln Chafee had taken away “family values” as some would say. Because of this the Constitution Party gained support in elections. With Mike Pence in Congress and Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee as Governors it became clear that the Constitution Party was growing.
 
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