An Alternate 2004 and Beyond

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1989-1997: Sen. Paul Tsongas(D-MA)/Rep. Morris Udall(D-AZ)
1997-2005: Sen. Ross Perot(R-TX)/Gov. George Voinovich(R-OH)

Gov. Howard Dean - 36.9%
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. - 31.7%
Sen. Al Gore: 28.1%
Other: 4.2%

288: Gov. Howard Dean(D-VT)/Fmr. Secretary of State Bill Richardson(D-NM) - 51.2%
250: Sen. John McCain(R-AZ)/Gov. Jeb Bush(R-FL) - 47.6%

[Other: 1.2%]

As the deficit continues to be reduced, Dean begins pounding McCain on fiscal responsibility in the general. Having won their nominations fairly easily, the campaigns began hitting back and forth. While McCain won the domestic social debate(52%-47%), he lost the economic debate by a large margin(54%-43%). Richardson beat Bush 48%-45%, and, finally, Dean edged out in the foreign policy debate 49%-48%.

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Chapter 2: Howard Dean's Cabinet and Inaugural Address
President: Howard Dean(D-VT)
Vice President: Bill Richardson(D-NM)

Secretary of State: Madeleine Albright(D-CO)
     National Security Advisor: Danny Sebright(D-DC)
Secretary of the Treasury: Kenneth Bentsen(D-TX)
    Chairman of the Federal Reserve: Brooksley Born(D-DC)
Secretary of Defense: Wesley Clark(D-AR)
Attorney General: Janet Napolitano(D-AZ)
Secretary of the Interior: Lee Brown(D-TX)
Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Espy(D-MS)
Secretary of Commerce: Deval Patrick(D-MA)
Secretary of Labor: Robert Reich(D-MA)
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Kathleen Sebelius(D-KS)
Secretary of Education: David Boren(D-OK)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: David Dinkins(D-NY)
Secretary of Transportation: Douglas Palmer(D-NJ)
Secretary of Energy: Hazel O'Leary(D-TE)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: Max Cleland(D-GA)
Secretary of Responsive National Intelligence[1]: George Tenet(D-NY)

______________________ - January 20, 2005 - ________________________

Transition Team:
Chief Director of Transition: Roy Neel
Director of Policy: Joe Trippi
Director of Administrative Affairs: John Lynch/Jim Dean
Director of Finance Transition: Steve Grossman
Director of Foreign Policy Transition: Danny Sebright
Director of Other Domestic Policy Transition: Niki Tsongas

"... So help me God."

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Real Clear Politics Presidential Approval Average[as of Jan. 25]: 66.333… - 33.333…
Gallup, Jan. 20: 67%-33%
Rasmussen, Jan. 21-23: 66%-34%
PPP, Jan. 20-24: 67%-33%

OOC:
[1]: New Cabinet Position; National Intelligence, CIA, and FBI send all intelligence to this; Analysis Department; Homeland Security & Special Ops unit:

In summary, the Reponsive National Intelligence Department controls all intelligence. Analysis Division analyzes data collected by the intelligence agencies and the Intelligence Division(which obviously collects data). The Responsive Division inspects targets before striking - composed of 228 men, it has no more than five dozen on duty usually but can be raised to 144 or higher depending on the Threat Level. The Analysis Divison is composed of sixty analysts and strategists with another six officers in charge. The Intelligence Division is composed of ninety-six men, twelve of whom are officers, with eight-hour shifts. The Responsive Division is composed of exactly 228 men and 72 officers. The Administrative Division is composed of twenty-four Directors[4] and Assistants[20]. In total, the four Divisions have 332 soldiers and 88 officers, for a total of 420 people. An additional thirty men and women serve as drivers, with sixteen driving tanks, armored cars, and other land vehicles, eight driving drones, helicopter, and other air vehicles, and six driving water and submarine vehicles. The Department is based in rural hills of Virginia with no nearby towns, between fifty to a hundred miles south-south-west of D. C. An additional security guard and maintenance of the RNI Building[R-NIB, or Arnib, pro. Ar-Knihb] is composed of forty-eight people. The people who maintain the building, protect it, and chauffeur the others are composed of seventy-eight people.

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Governors & Senators on Inauguration Day, 2005:


(TBD)
 Alabama:
Governor: Bob Riley(R)
Senator: Jeremiah Dent(R)
Senator: Kay Ivey(R)
 Alaska:
Governor: Lisa Murkowksi(R)
Senator: Bill Walker(R)
Senator: Frank Murkowski(R)
 Arizona:

 Arkansas:
Governor: Winthrop Rockefeller(R)
Senator: Blanche Lincoln(D)
Senator: Mark Kerr(R)
 California
 Colorado
 Connecticut
 Delaware
 Florida
 Georgia
 Hawaii
 Idaho
 Illinois
 Indiana
 Iowa
 Kansas
 Kentucky
 Louisiana
 Maine
 Maryland
 Massachusetts
 Michigan
 Minnesota
 Mississippi
 Missouri
 Montana
 Nebraska
 Nevada
 New Hampshire
 New Jersey
 New Mexico
 New York
 North Carolina
 North Dakota
 Ohio
 Oklahoma
 Oregon
 Pennsylvania
 Rhode Island
 South Carolina
 South Dakota
 Tennessee
 Texas
 Utah
 Vermont
 Virginia
 Washington
 West Virginia
 Wisconsin
 Wyoming

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In early 2005, Ambassador to India William Milam, American High Commissioner of Iraq John Negroponte, U. A. E. Ambassador Danny Sebright, and President of the Middle East Institute Tom Pickering met before the Turkish, Saudi Arabian, Indian, Israeli, and Egyptian ambassadors to the U. S. with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke in order to discuss the details of a withdrawal from Iraq.

After discussing it for nearly two weeks time, with dozens of staffers awaiting orders or carrying them out, Sebright managed to wrangle the President into one two hour meeting. Soon thereafter, President Dean's press secretary, James Rubin, released the official withdrawal schedule.

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"Hello, everyone." The President walks out. "I am eager to shorten the amount of time this will take to restore stability and democracy to Iraq. If possible, I will urge Congress to shorten the amount of time to six years. However, I have had a bill proposing this drafted by Senators Obama and Specter, alongside Representatives Deborah Pryce and Rahm Emanuel. We expect 56 Senate votes for this with possibly an additional one or two votes."

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