Tobacco Smoke - A Timeline

[tpfkaw]

September 07, 1999



Following his weak showing in the Iowa Straw Poll, Pat Buchanan announces at a press conference: I will not be running for President next year.

September 20, 1999



Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura announces he will be running for President on the Reform Party ticket.  He receives the endorsement of Ross Perot's 1996 running mate, Pat Choate, as well as Perot's 1996 primary opponent, Dick Lamm.

October 12, 2000



Jesse Ventura is nominated as the Reform Party's nominee.

November 7, 2000

Election Day.

Results:

Gore - 48% - 292 EVs
Bush - 47% - 246 EVs
Nader - 2.5%
Ventura - 2%

[tpfkaw]

The House elections left the Democrats with a net gain of two seats, while they gained Senate seats in Delaware, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and Missouri (balanced by Republican gains in Virginia and Nevada), meaning that Republicans retained their majorities in both the House and Senate.

January 27, 2001



President Gore outlined his goals in his inauguratory State of the Union address.  He pledged to work for “real reforms to allow every American affordable access to quality healthcare” including prescription drug coverage for Medicare recipients, making it easier for patients to challenge HMOs in class-action lawsuits, and (in a nod to Republicans) increasing the use of tax-free medical savings accounts to pay for medical costs.  He suggested “innovative reforms to education in order to invest in America's future” including national testing standards and programs to increase federal educational cost sharing in lower-income and minority communities, and for the recognition that “we can only have quality education if our quality teachers receive fair pay for their work.”  He suggested “community initiatives to end the specter of violent crime once and for all,” citing the work of Republican mayor Rudy Giuliani in New York.  He promised to “support sustainable environmental initiatives to ensure a cleaner, greener, healthier economy for our children and grandchildren.  A healthy nation is a strong nation.”  He pledged to “secure our promise to America's seniors by passing critical “lockbox” legislation to protect Social Security” and for “balanced tax relief for middle-class families” via new tax credits.

[feeblepizza]

Good TL.

[tpfkaw]

Gallup Poll, Jan 30-31 2001

Do you approve or disapprove of President Gore?

Approve: 55
Disapprove: 40
Unsure/other: 5

Who do you trust more on

The economy?

President Gore: 48
Congressional Republicans: 45
Unsure/other: 7

Health care?

President Gore: 46
Congressional Republicans: 41
Unsure/other: 13

Education?

President Gore: 50
Congressional Republicans: 39
Unsure/other: 11

Taxes?

President Gore: 32
Congressional Republicans: 59
Unsure/other: 9

Foreign policy?

President Gore: 51
Congressional Republicans: 36
Unsure/other: 13

Social Security and Medicare?

President Gore: 50
Congressional Republicans: 40
Unsure/other: 10

Environmental issues?

President Gore: 42
Congressional Republicans: 41
Unsure/other: 18

Moral issues?

President Gore: 39
Congressional Republicans: 48
Unsure/other: 13

Who did you vote for in the last presidential election?

Al Gore: 47
George W. Bush: 46
Nader: 3
Ventura: 2
Other/unsure: 2

If the election were held again today, who would you vote for?

Al Gore: 48
George W. Bush: 44
Nader: 3
Ventura: 2
Other/unsure: 3

[tpfkaw]

February 13, 2001

President Gore signs the Tax Relief For Working Families Act, which provides a $1000 tax credit to all non-individual filers and a $500 credit to individual filers.

February 18, 2001

Vice President Lieberman makes a speech on behalf of a proposed bill to put CO2 emissions within the EPA's regulatory purview.



February 22, 2001

Conservative media personality Andrew Breitbart digs up a $5395.47 expense by the Gore campaign for "lingerie," a story heavily promoted by the Drudge Report.  However, the story does not gain traction in the mainstream media.

CNN National Poll, February 16-17 2001

As of right now, would you vote for a Republican or a Democrat for congress in the next election?

Democrat: 46
Republican: 42
Unsure/other: 12

I know it's a long way off, but as of right now would you vote for President Gore or his Republican challenger in the 2004 Presidential election?

President Gore: 48
Republican challenger: 40
Unsure/other: 12

Would you vote for President Gore or George W. Bush?

President Gore: 49
George W. Bush: 42
Unsure/other: 9

John McCain?

President Gore: 48
John McCain: 41
Unsure/other: 11

Elizabeth Dole?

President Gore: 48
Elizabeth Dole: 39
Unsure/other: 13

Steve Forbes?

President Gore: 50
Steve Forbes: 39
Unsure/other: 11

Tommy Thompson?

President Gore: 48
Tommy Thompson: 37
Unsure/other: 15

Newt Gingrich?

President Gore: 53
Newt Gingrich: 40
Unsure/other: 7

Pat Buchanan?

President Gore: 55
Pat Buchanan: 37
Unsure/other: 8

Colin Powell?

President Gore: 44
Colin Powell: 46
Unsure/other: 10

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Good TL.

[MAINEiac4434]

Great so far. Can't wait to see where this goes.

[Person Man]

It appears that Gore's agenda is just Bush's agenda minus the tax cuts plus the environmental issues.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'm wondering where this will lead... I'm hoping for another Conservative in 2004 to finally win.