No Apology: A History of the Romney Administration

[Pericles]

Any updates?!? My favourite President Romney TL. POD was Bin Laden not killed and Operation Neptune Spear was a failure

Sorry to keep you waiting this TL is still alive I hope to do an update soon!

[Pericles]

Update coming soon!

[Horsemask]

Just read through it for the first time -- excellent work!

[Pericles]

Just read through it for the first time -- excellent work!

Thank you very much!

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Nice work! Now, what do the C-span 2013 rankings look like?

[Pericles]

Nice work! Now, what do the C-span 2013 rankings look like?

What do you mean?

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Nice work! Now, what do the C-span 2013 rankings look like?

What do you mean?

You know how c-span ranks presidents? How would c-spans ranking of the presidents look in this alternate timeline?

[Pericles]

Nice work! Now, what do the C-span 2013 rankings look like?

I haven't heard of it but Obama would be ranked lower than IOTL.

What do you mean?

You know how c-span ranks presidents? How would c-spans ranking of the presidents look in this alternate timeline?

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Nice work! Now, what do the C-span 2013 rankings look like?

I haven't heard of it but Obama would be ranked lower than IOTL.

What do you mean?

I will do the rankings.

You know how c-span ranks presidents? How would c-spans ranking of the presidents look in this alternate timeline?

[MR DARK BRANDON]

OBAMA RANKED 23 IN C-SPAN BUSH RIZES TO 30 -March 14, 2013

            

C-spans 2013 rankings have came out and Obama is ranked 23.  he is given high ratings for public persuasion (ranked 10) and persuaded equil justice for all (ranked 5) however, he is given weaker ratings to economic management, (ranked 29) international relationships (ranked 38) and relations with congress (ranked 40). George W. Bush rose to 30 in 2013 from 36 in 2009 Hoover also rose from 34 in 2009 to 31 in 2013. The two were overlooked and historians found that they weren't all that bad Clinton changed from 15 in 2009 to 18 in 2013. Historians blame Obama for not bringing change and further weakening the economy however, he is praised for the A.C.A  and his persuasion skills.

[Pericles]

PRESIDENT ROMNEY SIGNS OBAMACARE REPEAL INTO LAW-MARCH 16, 2013

President Mitt Romney today signed into law the American Healthcare Freedom Act(AHFA), officialy repealing and replacing Obamacare. The signing ceremony saw the President backed up by Vice-President Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn,
Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. The AHFA was passed on a party-line vote, repealing and replacing Obamacare, especially the taxes and high-profile regulations of it while keeping the law's consumer protections and underlying structures. President Romney signed the AHFA into law saying "Today is a good day for America, and shows the Republican majority is delivering on its promises to the American people."
MCCONNELL THREATENS DEMOCRATS WITH 'SEVERE CONSEQUENCES' IF 'OBSTRUCTION' OF HAMM, PRYOR CONTINUES-MARCH 19, 2013

HARRY REID ADDRESSES SUPPORTERS IN NEVADA, VOWS 'NO HALT' TO DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE-MARCH 20, 2013
HARRY REID: DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD ROMNEY ADMIN, SENATE GOP ACCOUNTABLE

SENATOR MURKOWSKI: NUCLEAR OPTION SHOULD BE INVOKED FOR CABINET NOMINEES, NOT SUPREME COURT-MARCH 21, 2013
MURKOWSKI DID NOT SAY WHETHER SHE WOULD SUPPORT RULE CHANGE TARGETING BOTH

LEAK: MCCONNELL GIVES REID 2-DAY ULTIMATUM TO 'STAND DOWN' ON HAMM, PRYOR-MARCH 22, 2013

SEN MARK KIRK(R-IL) COMES OUT AGAINST PRYOR, PROMISES TO OPPOSE NUCLEAR OPTION ON SCOTUS-MARCH 23, 2013

SEN SUSAN COLLINS(R-ME) JOINS KIRK AGAINST PRYOR, VOWS TO OPPOSE NUCLEAR OPTION-MARCH 24, 2013
SENATE RULE CHANGE VOTE 50-50, VP PAUL RYAN VOWS TO CAST TIE-BREAKING VOTE FOR RULE CHANGE

ROMNEY ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCES BUDGET PROPOSAL-MARCH 24, 2013

The Romney administration has released its proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year. The budget proposal is conservative proposal, with deep spending and tax cuts. Most importantly the administration's tax cuts were linked into the budget proposal so Senate Republicans can pass them using budget reconciliation, avoiding a filibuster by Senate Democrats. The proposal cuts the marginal income tax rate to 28% and the corporate tax rate to 25%. Republicans also plan to use reconciliation later in the year to push through the controversial Ryan budget, which would radically reform Medicare and impose deep cuts on social spending. House Speaker John Boehner said the House's first priority is tax reform with the Tax Relief and Economic Revival Act(TRERA) but afterwards would seek to pass the Ryan budget into law. Democrats revolted against the administration's proposals with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid saying "it is a giveaway to the rich" and "undemocratic", accusing Republicans of "engaging in a strategy of bull-dozing through all opposition and past bipartisanship and process to enact a radical, extreme agenda." White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer responded by accusing Reid and the Democrats of "unprecedented obstructionism" and Spicer said that "if the Democrats show an interest in bipartisanship and working across the aisle, great. If not, the Republican agenda will be passed regardless and this administration will deliver on its promises to the American people, and the Democrats will pay the price in 2014 with many losses."
SENATE INVOKES NUCLEAR OPTION, FILIBUSTER ABOLISHED FOR SUPREME COURT,
EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS-MARCH 25, 2013

The Senate today passed a rule change, called the 'nuclear option' on a party-line vote(all Democrats and 2 Republicans voting against), which abolished the use of the filibuster for all executive nominations, including those to the Supreme Court. The rule change came after Democrats filibustered the confirmation of Harold Hamm as Secretary of Energy and of Bill Pryor to the Supreme Court. Two Republican Senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois joined the Democrats in voting against the rule change. Despite public reluctance, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted for the rule change. That left Vice-President Paul Ryan to cast the tie-breaking vote, which he did in favor of the nuclear option, passing it 51-50. In deploying the so-called nuclear option, the Republican majority is severely limiting the power of the minority party in a chamber that was designed to be a slower or more deliberative body than the House. The filibuster has been preserved on legislation however and Senator McConnell claimed that "0 Senators support that-it is simply not on the cards." Analysts worry that the use of the nuclear option will encourage Presidents to nominate more ideologically extreme and controversial choices to their cabinet and to the Supreme Court. Both parties blamed the other. Senator McConnell said that "this is the culmination of the left's war to pack our nation's judiciary and unprecedented obstruction. To allow the hyper-partisanship we have seen from the Democrats would have created a dysfunctional government." Senator Harry Reid lashed out at McConnell, saying "It is unbelievable, the hypocrisy we have seen from Senator McConnell and the Republican Party. Senator McConnell has engaged in a hyper-partisan agenda, what we are witnessing is the destruction of institutional norms and working order in the Senate, to ram through a far-right agenda. Our country is, and will, pay the price."
SENATOR TOOMEY(R-PA) PROPOSES GOP MAKE TAX CUTS LAST LONGER, EXTEND ROMNEY TAX CUTS FOR 20-30 YEARS -MARCH 26, 2013
TOOMEY: OTHERWISE, WE WILL HAVE REPEAT OF FISCAL CLIFF DOWN THE ROAD, GOP SHOULD BE BOLD, TAKE OPPORTUNITY

BILL PRYOR CONFIRMED TO SUPREME COURT-MARCH 26, 2013
PAUL RYAN CASTS TIE-BREAKING VOTE FOR PRYOR
VOTE COUNT: 51 FOR-50 AGAINST

The Senate voted today to confirm Judge William Pryor of Alabama, President Romney's nominee to the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy in the Court caused by the retirement of Justice Antonin Scalia. Pryor, a conservative judge, replaces a conservative justice on the Court, leading to little change in the ideological balance on the Court. Yet, Pryor's conservative stances on social issues, including calling Roe v Wade 'the greatest abomination in history' and controversy surrounding him led to an even fiercer fight than normal over the Supreme Court. Democrats unanimously opposed Pryor's confirmation, forcing a Senate rule change to push him through. In the final vote for his confirmation, two Republican Senators, Mark Kirk and Susan Collins, voted against Pryor. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, after heavy lobbying from the White House, supported Pryor. The vote therefore tied 50-50, and Vice-President Paul Ryan cast the tie-breaking vote for Pryor to join the Court. The Supreme Court battle ended with a victory for the Romney administration, garnering the President a big boost in political capital with social conservatives.
SENATE CONFIRMS HAROLD HAMM AS ENERGY SECRETARY-MARCH 27, 2013
ALL REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR HAMM PLUS SENATORS LANDRIEU & MANCHIN, HAMM CONFIRMED 54-46

GALLUP: 51% APPROVE OF ROMNEY JOB PERFORMANCE, 41% DISAPPROVE-MARCH 31, 2013

[Pericles]

Thoughts on the latest update?

[erſatz-york]

What was Hamm nominated to?

[Pericles]

What was Hamm nominated to?

Energy.

[erſatz-york]

What was Hamm nominated to?

Energy.

Oh. Right. For some reason I saw the earlier mention of Hamm and didn't equate it to the later mention of Hamm.

[Israel]

Nice update!

[Pericles]

Nice update!

Thanks-stay tuned for more!

[Pericles]

Stay tuned for the next update-coming soon!

[erſatz-york]

Is this TL still alive?

[Pericles]

UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 7.3%, ECONOMIC GROWTH AT 3.0%-APRIL 1, 2013
HOUSE PASSES ROMNEY TAX CUTS ON PARTY LINE VOTE-APRIL 2,
 2013
HOUSE VOTE: 251 FOR-184 AGAINST

The House of Representatives passed the Tax Relief & Economic Revival Act of 2013, also known as the Romney tax cuts, which pass sweeping tax cuts designed to boost economic growth after years of a stagnant economy and continuing high unemployment. The Romney tax cuts cut the top rate of income tax to 28% and corporate tax to 25%. The Romney tax cuts also cut capital gains taxes and abolish the estate tax and AMT. Despite Romney's campaign rhetoric, simplification of the code was not a major feature of the bill, and no compensating revenue increases make up for the tax cuts. The Congressional Budget Office projected that the Romney tax cuts, if passed, would increase the deficit by $3.6 trillion over a decade. Republicans hailed the passage of the tax cuts, with Speaker Boehner saying "the House voted today to end years of stagnation and revitalize our nation's economy." House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was less supportive, saying that "this is old-fashioned trickle-down economics. It didn't work then and it won't work now." Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has vowed to do "everything in my power" to "defeat this disastrous bill", however Republicans are confident they can pass the bill with 51 votes and evade the filibuster using budget reconciliation.
ROMNEY APPROVAL RATING DIPS TO 48%-APRIL 8, 2013

POLL: 50% OPPOSE ROMNEY TAX PLAN, 39% SUPPORT IT-APRIL 10, 2013
SENTAOR ELIZABETH WARREN CAUSES FIRESTORM OF CONTROVERSY, SAYS OBAMA 'LET DOWN' PROGRESSIVES-APRIL 12, 2013

OBAMA, HILLARY CLINTON TO RELEASE MEMOIRS IN 2014

DNC UNDER FIRE AS 'AUTOPSY' OF 2012 ELECTION COVERED UP-APRIL 14, 2013

The Democratic National Committee has come under fire for 'burying' its autopsy into the Democratic Party's loss of the 2012 elections, with renewed calls mounting for beleaguered DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign. The DNC commissioned a report into the 2012 loss, however Wasserman Schultz announced last week that the contents of the report will not be published. The announcement sparked an outcry and allegations that the DNC and the party establishment were trying to cover up damaging mistakes they made. Contents of the report were leaked, with the autopsy alleging that the Democrats and the Obama campaign relied too heavily on data analytics and their ground game which was portrayed as a failure(though several Obama allies argued the ground game helped make the election closer than the polls showed). The report also accused the Obama campaign of running too far to the left(attracting an angry reaction from progressives) and failing to appeal to white working-class voters, especially in the Midwest. The battle over the report underscores the continuing recriminations over 2012 and the uncertain path Democrats face back to power.
3 DEAD, 260 INJURED IN BOMBING OF BOSTON MARATHON BY CHECHEN TERRORISTS-APRIL 15, 2013

PRESIDENT ROMNEY GIVES CONDOLENCES TO VICTIMS OF BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING, PROMISES JUSTICE-APRIL 16, 2013

SENATE MINORITY LEADER REID ACCUSES GOP OF 'STEAMROLLING' PARTISAN TAX CUTS, IGNORING DEMOCRAT INPUT-APRIL 20, 2013

JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY 'MULLING RETIREMENT' FROM SUPREME COURT-APRIL 21, 2013

OHIO SENATE RACE: TIM RYAN UPSETS STRICKLAND IN DEM PRIMARY, GOP NOMINATES PAT TIBERI-APRIL 25, 2013

The parties selected their nominees for the Ohio Senate special election, following incumbent Republican Senator Rob Portman's confirmation as Treasury Secretary. The Republican primary was uncontested, with Representative Pat Tiberi selected as the Republican nominee to retain the seat. The Democratic primary was on the other hand tightly contested. Former Senator Sherrod Brown, who lost in 2012, declined to run for the other Ohio Senate seat, though hasn't ruled out a run for Governor or Senate in the future. Former Governor Ted Strickland was initially the favorite for the nomination, but Strickland ran an anemic campaign. Representative Tim Ryan, who first got nationwide attention when he unsuccessfully challenged Nancy Pelosi for leadership of the House Democrats following the 2012 loss, ran against Strickland. Ryan said the party needed a 'fresh face' and a strong economic message, while alleging Strickland was 'politics as usual' and would lose the seat to Tiberi. Strickland's attacks on Ryan made little impact, leading to a surge for the challenger. Ryan would go onto win the primary 51.2% to 48.8% for Strickland. The interpretation of Ryan's victory has again shown faults in the Democratic Party-progressives claimed Ryan's victory was theiur victory against the establishment. Centrists pointed to Ryan's praise of Romney's corporate tax cuts(Ryan came under fire for saying that "I don't support the President's plan, but he has some good ideas-we do need to cut the corporate tax rate") to argue that it was a rebuke of the 'shift to the left' the party had supposedly undergone in the Obama years. Polls show the race for Ohio is close, with Tiberi at 41%, Ryan at 39% and 20% undecided. The general election will be held on June 16, 2013.

[erſatz-york]

It lives!

[Israel]

Good update!

[Pericles]

Update coming soon.

[Lord Admirale]

48% in March? Doesn't look like the Romney Administration is having a good time...

[Pericles]

48% in March? Doesn't look like the Romney Administration is having a good time...

A lot better than Trump and a lot of it is just polarization.