A Future of the Post-Imperial United States of America (2014-)

[Indy Prez]

2016 UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

269 - 269

Governor Christopher J Christie (NJ) / Governor Susana Martinez (NM)
45.0123% PV 269 EV
Governor Martin O' Malley (MD) / Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
45.0122% PV 269 EV
Senator Rand Paul (KY) / Fmr Senator Russ Feingold (WI)
8.4% PV 0 EV

For the first time in American history, a Presidential election would result in a deadlocked tie. Not since 1824 had one been decided indirectly in the House of Representatives. A handful of votes would disallow Maryland Governor Martin O' Malley the office while only a handful more in Ohio would hold it from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

 After a dramatic primary season which saw favourite Hillary Clinton bowled out early on thanks to heavy 'Stop Hillary' internet-based SuperPac campaigning and a decidedly undramatic 'No' from former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the field was blown wide open for competitive races in both parties. The long wait for safe second-termer O' Malley allowed for him to get a head start on fundraising and more focus to raise a national profile than incumbents such as Tim Kaine, Maggie Hassan and Andrew Cuomo. His steady lead throughout would attract negative GOP ads attacking him as a friend of 'illegal aliens' and soft on crime for his opposition to and abolition of the death penalty in Maryland. On the Republican side, a highly competitive four-way race between Christie, Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and former Vice-Presidential candidate and Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would culminate in a comfortable victory for the relatively moderate Christie against two hardened neo-conservatives and someone of a libertarian. Paul would in the end refuse to endorse the nominee and split to run on a third-party Libertarian Party-endorsed ticket with former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold.

 At the GOP convention in Cleveland, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez would be nominated for VP easily despite her career's similarities to Christie's and Hispanic heritage. She would prove a fiery maternal presence on the campaign trail. In Colombus, the Democrats would nominate New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, some thought for her similarities to Clinton and moneyed family. Ohio was the battleground state in most contention form the offset of the fall campaign.

 With the Afghanistan War over, the election was mainly fought on the grounds of the ever-ballooning national debt, trade issues with the Eurasian Union and mass immigration from Mexico following the devastation along the Gulf of Mexico wrought by Hurricane Abigail the year prior.

 President Obama's expansion of the War on Drugs into Afghanistan, his privatization of Social Security, provision of citizenship to Mexican refugees following Hurricane Abigail and raising of taxes on upper incomes would incense all voters across the spectrum and erode his popularity with much of America. His and Vice President Biden's presence would be kept to a minimum due to this.

 O' Malley would rally against Christie's unfair treatment of New Jersey teachers. Touring Newark streets with former Mayor Corey Booker to survey economic decline attributed to Christie's statewide policies would deal a devastating blow to the Republican ticket. The Toll Plaza scandal which occurred two years previously would linger on the political airwaves even as the investigations cleared Christie's name in 2014. The firebrand maverick would light up the stage in the three Presidential debates against the squeaky-clean but relatively uncharismatic O' Malley. Many believe the persistently pissed-off Governor's demeanour was something many voters related their obnoxious sides to.

2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE

461 - 77

State Voter ID Laws as well as the passage of the National Popular Vote Compact were attributed to Christie's narrow clinching of the popular vote from O' Malley and subsequent landslide election in the House of Representatives while O' Malley's running mate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is easily confirmed as Vice President in the Senate, making history as the first female to hold the office.

[TX Conservative Dem]

There's a recount?

[Captain Chaos]

There is no way in heck that Feingold would be Rand Paul's running mate on any ticket.

[Brewer]

There is no way in heck that Feingold would be Rand Paul's running mate on any ticket.

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

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[Indy Prez]

20/01/2017

"Now, I would like to give thanks to President Obama, for his service to our country and his defense of our interests at home and abroad, regardless of partisanship. Let us continue to bridge the divide between Democrat and Republican and work together in the coming four years..."

-President Christopher J Christie

The newly appointed President must contend with a House, Senate and even Vice President of the opposite political stripe.

It will prove to be a tough year, as an increasingly powerful India continues to drift further into the spectrum of Sino-Russian influence via the two-year-old Eurasian Union, with the War on Terror over. Tensions with Mexico over the Obama administration's admission of citizenship to hundreds of thousands of Mexican refugees, will lead to a proposed wall along the border by the Tea Party Caucus. The deployment of Anti-Ballistic Missiles, said to protect the US from North Korean attacks, along the Pacific coast will lead to mass protests by the Occupy Movement and others.

At home, Christie will say yes to across-the-board tax hikes,  as well as begin ending the War on Drugs by defunding wheat subsidies in Afghanistan. Demands for transparency in government will be raised after the JFK assassination files are released to the public, proving an assassination conspiracy between the Mafia an other organizations.

[Consciously Unconscious]

What countries are a part of the Eurasian Union? 

[Indy Prez]

What countries are a part of the Eurasian Union? 

Russia and the old Soviet bloc countries, in a looser associational sense, India and China too. Although India is closer to China.

[Indy Prez]

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will prove diplomatically challenging, as the arbitrary arrests of several German players prior to a crucial match and the turning off of stadium lights during a Russia-Japan match will raise suspicions of a FSB conspiracy and an investigation by FIFA officials. The Russian law relating to sexuality will once again come under fire as it did in the 2014 Winter Olympics, and President Christie will call for the rescinding of President Putin's right to travel to the USA.

In Mexico, the Presidential election will result in a close first-time victory for the leftist PRD alliance. President-elect Jesus Zambrano, who ran on a campaign of ending the Drug War unilaterally, will be killed in a car-bombing before taking office. President Enrique Pena Nieto will call into session the Congress to arrange a new Presidential election and rewrite the Constitution to allow for an extension of his term. Riots will engulf the country and the contested election of PRI candidate Ivonne Ortega Pacheco will do little to assuage the violence. President Christie will call on Congress to authorize military force and a ground force will be deployed to the border...

The US will begin to spend annually more on debt servicing than anything else and the Libertarian Party will emerge as a powerful third-party force in the midterm elections.

44 - 43 - 11 - 2

Rand Paul will lead the Libertarians in the Senate and Bernie Sanders will break ties with Democrats.

[Indy Prez]

With the withdrawal of US troops, the aftermath of the War in Pakistan will spill over into India, triggering a war in which India will invade North-West Pakistan after several Islamic terrorist atacks spill over into the mostly Hindu nation's territory. The US and China will call for an immediate ceasefire on both sides while Russia will side mostly with the Indian government.
 
A Civil War will coincide in Afghanistan where newly reelected President Putin will send troops.
 UN peacekeepers will be deployed to support the current government.
 
US military presence will continue to shrink abroad and the Republican Party will refute President Christie, who confirms his intention not to seek another term in office.

[Indy Prez]

"It was in the stars. Nothing lasts forever."

"So this is how my Wikipedia entry'll go down: most remembered for handing the title of #1 to the Chinese. .
Now American kids grow up to see the world through slanted eyes."

"They'll blame the black guy. They always do. His legacy was securely sh**ttered by the time you were sworn in."

"Will the yellow man blame the black man though? What will hey prefer to write in their history books, huh?"

"History books? It's all online now. You're forgetting we still own the internet."

"For how long though?"

The 2020 Presidential Primaries heat up with contenders Bobby Jindal, Marco Rubio and Prescott Bush vying for the Republican nomination. On the Democratic side, Tammy Baldwin, Julian Castro, Maria Cantwell and late-starter Tammy Duckworth. Rand Paul will runa gain as the Libertarian nominee. President Christie will watch his world slip by.

[Indy Prez]

As US intervention in the Mexican Civil War escalates, Mexican-Americans will riot in the streets of Los Angeles and other major Southwestern cities. This is due to the perceived suppression of democracy in their homeland by their adopted nation's government. De facto President Pacheco will attemot to convene with leaders of insurrectionary forces but this will deteriorate. US Intelligence uncovers covert Chinese logistical support for the insurrectos. A new Cold War hs seemingly emerged...