The Decade Gone By: A Collaborative TL

Also who is going to be the VP now? The Republicans have the majority in Congress. It could turn into an outright partisan fight

I was thinking somebody with a millitary background would fit in well with this senario, like a general perhaps. After these attacks, it would probably help to restore trust in the administration. Maybe Wesley Clark or Colin Powell?
 
January 2001. Mattep74 chooses to avoid the economicscoure at the university of Karlstad and continues in Political science

20th October 2001. Mattep74 sees an opportunity to work for the swedish Royal Court as a secretary and hands in his CV.

3rd December 2001. Mattep74 starts working for the Swedish Royal Court. Assistant secretary to his majesty the king.

Who say you only need world shattering events?
 
November 2, 2001: Author Stephanie Meyer accidentally reformats her hard drive erasing nearly 29 chapters of work from her novel manuscript. She never quite picks it up again. Thus the Twilight novels are never written
 
A few baseball events:

October 28, 2000: The New York Mets win the so-called "Subway Series" against the New York Yankees in 6 games.

October 9, 2001: On the last day of the 2001 regular season (somewhat delayed due to the 9/13 attacks), Barry Bonds hits his 69th home run, finishing the season one short of Mark McGwire's record set three years prior.

November 3, 2001: The Seattle Mariners, winners of 111 games during the regular season, win the World Series, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks. (OTL the Mariners won 116 games, but lost to the Yankees in the ALCS.)
 
July 31, 2000: The fourth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Triwizard Tournament, is released world wide on the birthday of the title character. The novel is considered the darkest yet in the series, mostly for Chapter 9, The Dark Mark and the conclusion.

November 10, 2001: The film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, makes its world premiere. The movie makes $ 100 million in its opening weekend, breaking the world record.
 
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This is why Collab TL's became unpopular - everyone kills off 3/4's of all the world leaders in mysterious accidents.

If you don't feel like doing a realistic look at the ATL, then make something like a West Wing Collaborative TL. You can have all the fictional or ASB world leaders you want.
 
I like colab TL's they're fun to do.

Anyway.

July 3, 2002: Russian President Kasyanov proposes that the ofice of Vice President of Russia be Re-instated at a meeting of the Federal Assembly. The motion passes, and Kasyanov nominates Boris Gryzlov to fill the post.
 
January 8, 2001: Slobodan Molosevic dies in a car accident.
December 5, 2001: An Earthquake (9.4 on the Richter Scale) hits Peru. Almost 230 000 people die.
 
September 27th,2001: In the wake of the September 13th Terrorist atacks, in which Vice-President Chuck Robb was killed, President Wellstone appoints General Wesley Clark get nominated to fill the vacant VP spot. He is easily approved by Congress.


As a side note, 2002 and 2003 is now open, but try not to get to far ahead.
 
December 30, 2002: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announces she will seek a full term in the 2004 presidential election. Among her campaign promises is a new, federal parliamentary, constitution and rapid economic liberalization.

January 21, 2003: John McCain announces his presidential candidacy.

January 25, 2003: Mike Huckabee announces a presidential run.

January 27, 2003: George Allen announces a presidential run.

June 22, 2003: Jean Chretien resigns as Prime Minister, Liberal leader and MP for Shawinigan. He is succeeded by Paul Martin.

October 6, 2003: Canadian federal election. Paul Martin's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority government with 170 of 308 seats.

November 15, 2003: Louisiana gubernatorial runoff. Republican Congressman Bobby Jindal defeats incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Blanco 52-47 for the governorship.

November 30, 2003: Opposition Leader Stephen Harper wins a confidence motion 88-12 in a survey of party and caucus members.

December 31, 2003: Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties merge into the new Conservative Party. Stephen Harper is elected leader and remains Leader of the Opposition.
 
September 21, 2001: Eastern Seaboard, United States - Approximately 24 people are infected with Anthrax

May 9, 2002:
Pyongyang, North Korea - The Yongban Nuclear Reactor, experiences a meltdown. The disaster is made worse by the cracking of the containment dome, which sprayed nuclear fallout into the city of Pyongyang. In the aftermath of the disaster North Korean technicians declare it an American sabotage, while Chinese investigators deliver the more damning and more accurate report. The Yongban reactor was dangerously unsafe, its staff barely trained, and "it's a sheer miracle that this reactor kept on operating as long as it did". It is estimated, that due to the nuclear research center and dense population of the surrounding area that 3400 people are dead.
 
March 5, 2000: Serious manufacturing delays and hardware failures greatly hurt the Sony PS2's debute. The console goes on to be dead last for the entire duration of the 6th Gen. Console Wars.

January 1, 2001: After having respectable holiday sales and witnessing the massive failures of the PS2 to gain ground, Sega quietly drops its plans to discontinue the Dreamcast.

November 18, 2001: The Nintendo Gamecube breaks worldwide sales records as it sells millions of units in North America following a respectable opening in Japan. Several major videogame companies realize the potential of the system and plan strong third party support.

February 22, 2002: Despite a luckwarm opening in North America, Microsoft's Xbox system becomes a hit in Japan.
 
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January 21, 2003: John McCain announces his presidential candidacy.


June 22, 2003: Jean Chretien resigns as Prime Minister, Liberal leader and MP for Shawinigan. He is succeeded by Paul Martin.

Would John McCain really run for President again after the loss he went through in 2000? Also, in a earlier post of yours, you had Chretien fire Martin. So is this the post you want to count?


Here is a list of Presidents and Vice Presidents. I'll edit it later to make it a bit more accurate in terms of dates. Let me know if I made any mistakes...


List of Presidents of the United States of America

42. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton,1993-2001 (D)
43. Paul David Wellstone, 2001-20?? (D)

List of Vice-Presidents of the United States of America

45. Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, 1993-2000 (D)
46. Lawrence Douglas "Doug" Wilder, 2000-2001 (D)
47. Charles Spittal "Chuck" Robb, January 2001-September 2001 (D)
48. Wesley Kanne Clark, September 2001-20?? (D)

Notes
45. Died in a Helicopter crash
46. First African-American Vice-President
47. Killed in the September 13th Terrorist Attacks
 
Of course he would. Reagan ran in '80, Dole in '96, McCain in '00, etc. ;) You also forget the sequence of Canadian events in 2003, which are the same as OTL except that Martin calls a snap election during the honeymoon.
 
Of course he would. Reagan ran in '80, Dole in '96, McCain in '00, etc. ;) You also forget the sequence of Canadian events in 2003, which are the same as OTL except that Martin calls a snap election during the honeymoon.

But Reagan didn't win the nomination and lose when he ran in '76, and the same can be said for Dole in '88 and '96. ITTL, McCain won the nomination and lost to Wellstone, so although I personally don't think he woul run, I'll keep it in anyway. I trust you have something interesting in mind. :p


September 16th,2001: President Paul Wellstone begins to attempt talks with the Taliban in Afganistan, trying to get them to hand over key Terrorist leaders of al Qaeda, including Osama Bin Laden, who is believed to be in the country. When news of the talks leak out, Republicans blast Wellstone for being soft on al Qaeda.

October 13th, 2001: A month falowing the 9/13 Terrorist attacks on America, and after failure to negotiate, President Paul Wellstone issues Air Strikes on al Qaeda bases in Afganistan, but falls short of invading the country. Republicans, as well as a great numder of Americans claim the move is "too little, too late."
 
Here's a little humorous part.

October 15: 2001: a pair of Taliban operatives try to blow up a police station in Kabul at 1:45, but forget about daylight savings time. As a result, both terrorists are killed in seconds.
 
I specifically made it for two reasons. One a slightly worse 9/11. The WTC survival, and both coasts affected by it. I flipped a coin on whether it would be Golden Gate or TransAmerica.

Conspiracy theorywise in this timeline will be interesting especially since it took Wellstone 48 hours to get back to DC, nearly lost his security detail due to a military snafu, and the press corps left behind.

Compare that to Bush who was back in DC the same day, Air Force One shuttled some of the Press Corps all the way to Omaha, and was in a school when it happened. In this TL we don't have the shot of Wellstone in a classroom, we just have a report that the military moved him to Omaha, and that the VP is dead. With Wellstone himself only reappearing in the public eye 2 days later.

I am glad so many people seem to like it. I am curious to see who people declare is reponsible, since I left out any mention of Al-Qaeda, someone else can do that investigation.

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Also who is going to be the VP now? The Republicans have the majority in Congress. It could turn into an outright partisan fight

Yikes............I wonder if the conspiracy theories will be limited to right-wingers or it'll be more broad in scope.................

January 2001. Mattep74 chooses to avoid the economicscoure at the university of Karlstad and continues in Political science

20th October 2001. Mattep74 sees an opportunity to work for the swedish Royal Court as a secretary and hands in his CV.

3rd December 2001. Mattep74 starts working for the Swedish Royal Court. Assistant secretary to his majesty the king.

Who say you only need world shattering events?

LOL, I like that. :D

Here's a little humorous part.

October 15: 2001: a pair of Taliban operatives try to blow up a police station in Kabul at 1:45, but forget about daylight savings time. As a result, both terrorists are killed in seconds.

LMAO.............
 
But Reagan didn't win the nomination and lose when he ran in '76, and the same can be said for Dole in '88 and '96. ITTL, McCain won the nomination and lost to Wellstone, so although I personally don't think he woul run, I'll keep it in anyway. I trust you have something interesting in mind. :p

Actually McCain could be the shining beacon of non-evangelical republicans. I could see him going around endorsing candidates in the midterms, and becoming a major power player in the 2002 Congress. Maybe even Majority Leader opposing Wellstone. He could run in 2004 but would probably lose a lot of political power doing so. I could see him evolving possibly in this TL into a master of the Senate so to speak. In fact I like that.

I present you all the Anti-Tea Party. John McCain's Progress Movement

August 2001: Senator John McCain exposes rifts in the Republican party by filibustering an education bill. In fact siding with democrats in blocking the bill.

June 2002:
Former Republican Candidate John McCain, travels across the America endorsing candidates in traditional evangelical Republican strongholds. John McCain's Progress Movement surprises many in its effectiveness.

November 5, 2002: The Midterm elections. The Democrats pick up one seat in the Senate, however the Republicans still control 52 of the senators. What is notable is that although the Republicans maintained their seats, the Progress Movement unseats 2 particular evangelical republican senators, and replaces them with Progress Movement Republicans. Governor Mike Huckabee loses his governorship, to the challenge from Jimmie Lou Fisher.
 
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