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Bob Dole at age 73 had gathered skepticism of his campaign in 1996. He faced the threat of seeming out of touch with the times compared to his youthful opponent Bill Clinton who had seemed to master modern American politics. Would it be worth it, many wondered, for Dole to put his long and respected career on the line for a chance at the presidency, a position which had eluded him for so many years. A few things would prove to go his way during the campaign trail. Enough so that Dole was able to rescue his campaign over time, managing to pull off an upset victory against Bill Clinton. As Dole took office, he would set out to be "A Better Man For a better America".
Point of Divergence[]
December 16, 1995- Newt Gingrich agrees to Bill Clinton's long term budget proposal to avoid a second government shutdown and after being advised to by Senate majority leader Bob Dole out fears of it negatively impacting his campaign.
Spring 1996- News breaks of the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1996 not 1998.
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List of US Politicians[]
List of Presidents of the United States
- President Bill Clinton
- President Bob Dole
- President John Kerry
- President John McCain
- President Tom Daschle
Former and Current Senators:
- Connie Mack lll
- Bernie Sanders
- Tom Daschle
- Rick Santorum
- Scotty Baesler
- Jean Carnahan
- Heidi Heitkamp
Former and Current Representatives
- Amy McGrath
- Joe Crowley
- John Salazar
- Nancy Pelosi
Former and Current Governors
- Jon Tester
- Jon Corzine
- Roy Cooper
List of US Presidential Elections[]
1996 United States Presidential Election
2000 United States Presidential Election
2004 United States Presidential Election
2008 United States Presidential Election
2012 United States Presidential Election
2016 United States Presidential Election
2020 United States Presidential Election
Timeline[]
1995[]
May 31, 1995- Bob Dole delivers a speech discussing the influence of Hollywood on American culture that creates a "culture of deviancy". This is a bold speech that garners Dole attention from the media and conservative activists.
December 16, 1995- Newt Gingrich agrees to Bill Clinton's proposed long term federal budget plan. Starting into 1996, Bill Clinton's approval ratings stood at the high to mid 40s.
1996[]
June 11, 1996- Bob Dole resigns from the Senate
August 12-15, 1996- Bob Dole and Jack Kemp each give their respective speeches at the Republican National Convention. The convention was well received. Polls show a dead even race with Dole at 42%, Clinton at 45%, and Ross Perot at 10 percent.
September 12, 1996- The Monica Lewinsky Scandal breaks and is widely circulated throughout the campaign, deeply damaging Clinton's healthy lead.
October 6, 1996- Bob Dole and Bill Clinton attend the first presidential debate of the campaign trail, where neither side decisively won, although Dole was said to have had won it hardly. Dole attacked Clinton on his scandals, and Clinton appeared to have no defense to them.
October 9, 1996- Bob Dole and Bill Clinton attend the second presidential debate. Clinton eventually breaks after Dole's attacks and gives a tearful speech. This ultimately back fires and Dole's lead widens from under 1 point to 2 points.
November 5, 1996- Bob Dole defeats Bill Clinton by 272 to 266, taking the popular vote by 43.5% to Clinton's 42.1%. Republicans retain control of the house and the senate. Ross Perot would finish third with 10.0% of the popular vote and no electoral votes.
1997[]
January 20, 1997- Bob Dole is sworn in for his first term as president of the United States.
September 17, 1997- During the Iraq Disarmament Crisis, UNSCOM inspectors witness Iraqi guards burn and move files as well as dump waste into a river.
December 11, 1997- The Kyoto Protocol is adopted by a United Nations Committee.
1998[]
August 20, 1998- Operation Infinite Reach occurs, authorized by President Bob Dole in response to the bombing of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by Al Qaeda. Multiple senior leaders are killed, but Osama Bin Laden survives the attack.
November 3, 1998- The 1998 Midterm Elections are held in the United States. The Democrats gain 19 seats in the House of Representatives and 2 seats in the Senate, bringing the Republicans down to 210 seats in the House of Representatives, retaking the majority at 225 seats and bringing the Republican party down to 53 seats in the Senate.
1999[]
March 14, 1999- NATO commences the bombing of Kosovo.
May 7, 1999- 5 Joint Direct Attack Munition guided bombs hit the Yugoslav Federal Directorate for Supply and Procurement in Belgrade.
2000[]
March, 2000- Bob Dole clinches the Republican nomination after facing no major challenge, picking Jack Kemp as his running mate again.
March, 2000- Al Gore clinches the Democratic nomination after a brief nomination battle with Bob Kerrey and Bill Bradley. Gore would end up choosing Joe Lieberman as his running mate.
August 12-August 15, 2000- The Republican national convention is held. Bob Dole is given a significant convention boost after previously trailing behind Gore by 2-3%.
November 7, 2000- The 2000 Presidential Election is held. Bob Dole wins his re-election in another close race, winning with 272 to Gore's 265 electoral votes. In the popular vote, Dole narrowly edged out Gore with 49.0% compared to Gore's 48.8%. Republicans. The Democrats take control of the Senate by a 51 seat majority. Neither party would make gains in the House of Representatives, leaving the Democrats at a 225 seat majority.
2001[]
January 20, 2001- Bob Dole is sworn in for his second term as president of the United States.
March 2, 2001- Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces and is later put on trial for war crimes.
September 30, 2001- 2,977 people are killed or fatally injured during terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon, and the White House.
October 16, 2001- In response to the 9/30 Attacks, the United States invades Afghanistan, with the involvement of other nations, beginning the war on terror.
December 1, 2001- President Bob Dole signs the Patriot Act.
2002[]
July 10, 2002- Saddam Hussein rejects U.N weapons inspections proposals.
October 6, 2002- President Bob Dole signs the Homeland Security Act.
October 8, 2002- President Dole signs the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
November 5, 2002- As a result of the War on Terror, the Republican party increases its number of seats in the House of Representatives by 1 and the number of seats in the Senate by 2 seats, decreasing the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives to 224 seats and retake their majority in the Senate at 51 seats.
2003[]
March 25, 2003- The Invasion of Iraq commences.
April 19, 2003- Jack Kemp announces that he will not be running in the 2004 presidential election.
May 6, 2003- The invasion of Iraq ends, Saddam Hussein has been overthrown.
2004[]
March, 2004- George W. Bush, son of former president George H. W. Bush, gains the Republican nomination after a nomination battle with Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul. Later that month, John Kerry clinches the Democratic nomination.
July 6, 2004- John Kerry chooses Senator John Edwards of North Carolina as his running mate.
July 23, 2004- George W. Bush selects Senator Connie Mack III of Florida to be his running mate.
November 2, 2004- John Kerry wins the 2004 Presidential Election with 283 electoral votes to George W. Bush's 254. In the popular vote, John Kerry garnered 50.4% while Bush garnered 48.6% of the national vote. The Democrats would retain the House of Representatives, picking up 4 seats, getting to a 228 seat majority. In the senate, the Democratic party had been unable to gain any seats and the Republican party picked up 3 net-gains in the Senate, bringing their majority to 54.
2005[]
January 20, 2005- John Kerry is sworn in for his first term as President of the United States.
August 29, 2005- Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast, causing 108 billion dollars in damage and killing well over 1,000 people.
October 24, 2005- President Kerry signs an executive act that would move to close Guantanamo Bay. His attempt is later blocked by the Republican held congress.
2006[]
June 3, 2006- Montenegro declares independence from Serbia.
July 12, 2006- Israel invades Lebanon
November 7, 2006- The Midterm Elections of 2006 are held. The Republican party manages to make 4 net seat gains in the Senate, putting the Republican majority at 58. In the House of Representatives, Republicans gain 22 seats, putting them back in the majority at 229 seats.
2007[]
January, 2007- President Kerry announces his willingness to work with the Republican held congress.
October 20, 2007- Bobby Jindal is elected as governor of Louisiana after a four way race.
November 6, 2007- Steve Beshear is elected as Governor of Kentucky, defeating incumbent governor Ernie Fletcher 50.7% to 49.3%.
December 10, 2007- The National Enquirer publishes an article claiming that Vice President Edwards had engaged in an extramarital affair with an unnamed female white house intern. On the same day, Stein published another article in The Huffington Post that contained additional details about Hunter, including her name and the web videos that she had produced.
December, 2007- The Great Recession begins in the United States, leading to foreign economies plunging around the world.
2008[]
January 15, 2008- President Kerry signs economic relief in the wake of the Great Recession.
February, 2008- John Kerry easily carries his party's nomination.
March, 2008- John McCain clinches the Republican nomination, after a primary battle with Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.
July 18, 2008- John McCain chooses Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney to be his running mate.
July 30, 2008- In the wake of his vice president's alleged affair, John Kerry announced he would choose Hillary Clinton, Senator from Arkansas from 2003-2009, as his running mate.
September 26, 2008- The first presidential debate of 2008 is held in Oxford, Mississippi. John Kerry was said to have had won the debate over John McCain. After the debate, Kerry, who had been trailing behind McCain by about 3 points, now had only be trailing him by 2 points.
October 7, 2008- The second presidential debate of 2008 is held in Little Rock, Arkansas. This debate had proven to be more inconclusive.
October 15, 2008- The third and final presidential debate of 2008 is held in Hempstead, New York. McCain had slightly improved his performance compared to the last two debates.
November 4, 2008- The presidential election of 2008 is held. John McCain wins the election with 51.0% of the popular vote and 311 electoral votes. John Kerry meanwhile, had garnered 48.3% of the popular vote and 227 electoral votes. In the Senate neither party gains seats, leaving the Republicans at 58 seats. The Republican party gains 4 seats in the House of Representatives, putting their majority at 233 seats.
2009[]
January 20, 2009- John McCain is sworn in as President of the United States
February 21, 2009- John McCain signs his healthcare plan which passed through congress. The plan details a tax credit for Americans without healthcare.
March 1, 2009- President McCain begins of a buildup of 2,000 more troops in Afghanistan.
June 11, 2009- The outbreak of the H1N1 strain of influenza is officially referred to as a "global pandemic".
2010[]
April 20, 2010- The Deepwater Horizon explosion occurs in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers and resulting in one of the largest oil spills in history.
October 25, 2010- WikiLeaks, an online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public over 90,000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.
November 2, 2010- The Midterm Elections of 2010 are held. The Democrats gain 28 seats in the House of Representatives and have a net-gain in the Senate of 3 seats. As a result, the Democrats gain a majority in the House of Representatives of 230 seats but fail to gain a majority in the Senate, putting it in a 54 seat majority for the Republicans.
2011[]
March 17, 2011- The Libyan Civil War commences. The resulting conflict causes uncertainty over Libyan oil production, causing crude oil prices to rise by 20%.
April 11, 2011- A NATO-led coalition begins an intervention in Libya.
November 20, 2011- Muammar Gaddafi is killed in Libya, ending the Libyan Civil War
November 18, 2011- Minecraft is officially released.
December 17, 2011- Kim Jong-il dies on his way to receive medical attention of a heart attack or a stroke.
2012[]
February 6, 2012- The European Union places an embargo on Iran due to the country's continued efforts to pursue uranium enrichment. Subsequently, Iran suspends oil exports to France and Great Britain.
February, 2012- John McCain carries his party's nomination.
March, 2012- Joe Biden clinches the Democratic nomination
July 5, 2012- Joe selects Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas as his running mate
September 30, 2012- The attack on the American embassy in Benghazi is warded against.
November 6, 2012- John McCain wins re-election with electoral votes to Biden's . In the popular vote, John McCain would gain 50.2% of the popular vote compared to Biden's 48.9%. In the House of Representatives, Republicans pick 7 seats, bringing the Democratic majority down to 223 seats. In the Senate, the Republican party is unable to make a net-gain. The Democratic party makes 2 net gains however. This puts the Republican majority at 53 seats. Steve Bullock is elected as Governor of Montana for his first term.
2013[]
January 20, 2013- John McCain is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States.
June 6, 2013- Former CIA employee Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country, later being granted temporary asylum in Russia.
November 29, 2013- The NATO led bombing of Syria begins.
2014[]
February, 2014 – The West African Ebola virus epidemic begins, infecting at least 28,616 people and killing at least 11,310 people, the most severe both in terms of numbers of infections and casualties.
March 21, 2014 – Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signs a bill finalizing the process.
April 28, 2014- President John McCain imposes sanctions on Russia, specifically targeting companies and individuals close to Vladimir Putin.
November 4, 2014- The Midterm Elections of 2014 are held. The Democratic party gains 12 seats in the House of Representatives, bringing their majority to 235 seats. The Democrats also have a net-gain of 8 seats in the Senate, taking a majority at 55 seats.
2015[]
April 20, 2015- In Mobile Alabama an African American dies after being asphyxiated with handcuffs on. In the preceding weeks, protests and riots begin.
July 1, 2015- The U.S. Supreme Court votes held in a 5–4 decision that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all states to grant same-sex marriages and recognize same-sex marriages granted in other states.
November 21, 2015- Following one of the most expensive races in state history, Democrat Jon Bel Edwards defeats David Vitter and becomes the 56th Governor of Louisiana.
2016[]
March, 2016- Vice President Mitt Romney easily gains the Republican nomination after a brief nomination battle with Senator of Pennsylvania Rick Santorum.
March, 2016- Democratic Senator from South Dakota, Tom Daschle clinches the Democratic nomination.
July 13, 2016- Mitt Romney announces he will choose Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota from 2007-2013, as his running mate.
July 20, 2016- Tom Daschle announces that he has chosen Vincent Sheheen, Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017), as his running mate.
November 8, 2016- The presidential election of 2016 is held in the United States. Tom Daschle wins the election with 339 electoral votes and 51.4% of the popular vote compared to Romney's 199 electoral votes and 47.0% of the popular vote. In the Senate, the Democratic party has a net gain of 2 seats, putting their majority at 57 seats total. In the House of Representatives, the Democratic party gains 8 seats, putting their majority at 243 seats.
2017[]
January 20, 2017- Tom Daschle is sworn in as President of the United States.
February 1, 2017- Montenegro joins NATO.
October 4, 2017- The Affordable Care Act is filibustered by Senate Republicans.
2018[]
June 3, 2018- The United States and Iran come to an agreement regarding its nuclear aims. In return for lifting sanctions, Iran discontinued its nuclear program.
October 6, 2018- Merrick Garland is confirmed by the Senate to fill the Supreme Court seat left open after Anthony Kennedy's retirement by a vote of 60 to 39.
November 6, 2018- The Midterm Elections of 2018 are held. In the Senate, the Republican party gains 4 seats but is unable to retake the majority, leaving the Democratic party at 53 seats. In the House of Representatives, the Republican party gains 41 seats, retaking the majority with 233 seats.
2019[]
January 23, 2019- Demonstrations begin in Venezuela against Nicholas Maduro's presidency
June 6, 2019- The Hong Kong protests begin.
November 16, 2019- Jon Bel Edwards is re-elected as Governor of Louisiana 51.1% to 48.7%. In Kentucky, Matt Bevin narrowly defeats Andy Beshear for his bid for re-election 49.08% to 48.95%.
2020[]
January 23, 2020- The WHO calls the Covid-19 pandemic a public health emergency.
March, 2020- Tom Daschle clinches his party's renomination.
March, 2020- Governor Rick Perry of Texas gains the Republican nomination after a nomination battle with Thomas Kean and Rick Santorum.
July 4, 2020- Rick Perry announces former governor Jon Huntsman of Utah as his running mate.
November 3, 2020- The presidential election of 2020 is held. Tom Daschle wins re-election with 285 electoral votes and 50.5% of the popular vote. Rick Perry would gain 253 electoral votes and 48.1% of the popular vote. Ohio's presidential winning streak since the 1960s is broken. The Democratic party gains 6 seats in the House of Representatives but is unable to make a gain in the Senate, leaving their majority at 53
2021[]
January 20, 2021- Tom Daschle is sworn in for a second term as president of the United States.
2022[]
November 8, 2022 - The 2022 Midterm Elections are held. The Republican party gained 9 seats in the Senate, re-taking the majority at 56 seats. The Republican party's showing in the House was less decisive, gaining 18 seats, bringing their majority to 245 seats.