heatmaster
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2012, 12:27:07 PM » |
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« Edited: August 09, 2015, 01:54:04 PM by heatmaster »
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During 2007, the political world was taken by storm with the entry of the young Governor of Texas, Michael Stanton: it became clear that who was married to, Katherine the daughter of former President, Nelson Frazier: the marriage was blessed with picture perfect children: on top of his youth and telegenic appeal, Stanton had intelligence, charisma and intellectual heft and on top of which, he was a bona fide war hero, having won the Medal of Honor for Gallantry during the Battle of Mogadishu, in 1993: Stanton assisted by a top notch staff, the best and brightest in political circles, assembled a first class fund-raising operation using the internet and this combined with more traditional methods of funding, enabled Stanton to construct the most efficient campaign organization in history, this added to Stanton' skills in debating and speaking ensured that the young Texan built enough momentum to guarantee an easy ride to his party's presidential nomination and within weeks of officially being designated by the Republican party as there nominee, there was a meltdown on Wall Street and the calm and sure footed way in which the 42-year-old candidate handled himself in the aftermath, as well as during the campaign and the three debates he and and the incumbent, Harold Daniels participated in, as well as Daniels own conducted, solidified Stanton' widening lead in the polls: The only question which remained to be answered on Election Day, 2008 was how large would the victory be for the Stanton-Myers ticket, the answer came, when Stantoncarried 38 states and won 359[/b] electoral votes to 63 for Daniels (see map later), the Republican ticket garnered over 59% of the vote and had a popular vote margin of over 5,000,000 votes.
Stanton assembled a first rate administration and opted for a bipartisan flavor in his appointments. The next few years while difficult for the Stanton-Myers administration, saw reform enacted in the healthcare and banking sectors: Barnes had three opportunities during his first term to appoint supreme court appointments: in 2012, Jeff Dukeof New Hampshire was the Democratic nominee, but wasn't able to make much headway in his efforts to unseat the incumbent and as President, Michael Stanton enjoyed stratospheric approval ratings, despite the sluggish economy and the results on Election Day 2012 (November 6 2012), confirmed the opinion poll readings throughout the year, Stanton won 66% of the popular vote, far surpassing the 61% won by another Texan in 1964 and like LBJ , the 46-year-old Stanton carried the larger states by record breaking margins, he won 532 Electoral votes, carrying 49 states and winning a popular vote majority of over 30,000,000, the greatest margin in U.S. political history: During his second term, Stanton was confronted with heightened tensions in the Middle Crisis, also Nuclear terrorism preoccupied the president and his efforts to negotiate a comprehensive Strategic Offensive weapons Reduction Treaty (SORT) coupled with a Nuclear Terrorism Treaty won for Stanton the Nobel Peace Prize: in 2016, Katherine Stanton was elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida, even as Myers narrowly lost the presidential election to SenatorEugene Henderson of North Carolina and Senator Paul Burke of West Virginia: the Henderson administration was confronted with a crisis of epic proportions in the Middle East, a year into his administration, when the lynchpin to U.S. interests in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia was the center of an Islamic Revolution which overthrew the Monarchy and forced the Royal family into exile: Sunni and Shiite Muslims fought for dominance and the result was a Civil War in Saudi Arabia: the refusal by Henderson's administration to deploy a Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) to intervene in the crisis was criticized by many in the foreign policy community and by former President, Michael Stanton as well. The fact the still politically potent and popular former occupant of the Oval Office, ensured that Republicans prompted by Stanton's unprecedented speech condemning his successor's policies and inaction, found new courage and as the 2020 election campaign began to heat up, Henderson faced more headaches, including a downturn in the U.S. Economy and hyperinflation caused by shortages in Oil and Petroleum: former Governor Benjamin Wheeler of California called for the opening of the Alaska Wildlife Nature Reserve for Oil exploration and drilling: suddenly Wheeler and his policies gained new life and cache in political circles and he began to replicate the Stanton playbook from the 2008 campaign; the Republicans assembled at FedEx forum in Memphis and it was there that Wheeler was nominated and his selection of Senator Katherine Stanton of Florida was seen as an inspired choice to be sure. The Democrats met at the American Airlines Arena, in Miami to renominate President Eugene Henderson and Vice President, Paul Burke. The outcome on November 3, 2020 resulted in the Wheeler-Stanton ticket defeating the Henderson-Burke ticket, 54.4% to 45.0%, the Republicans didn't win a victory on the scale of the 2008 and 2012 triumphs, but a win was a win and Benjamin Wheeler became the 48th President on January 20, 2021, he was reelected on November 5 2024, carrying 42 states, winning [b465][/b] to 73 to Sean Flannagan, Governor of Massachusetts, he would serve until December 12, 2024 when terrorists struck, firing a SAM at Marine One as it landed on the South Lawn of the White House returning from Camp David. Katherine Stanton became America's first woman and the 49th President: it would the first time in American history in which two spouses would have both occupied the presidency. The new President, nominated Senator Daniel Ackerman of Virginia to fill the vacancy in the Vice Presidency. Well over 3 years later, Daniel Ackerman died due to a self inflicted gunshot wound, and thus once again the Vice Presidency was vacant, and the 25th Amendment was triggered. The President nominated Secretary of State Edward Quinn. Politics intervened and the confirmation hearings were protracted and contentious, and the delay in the confirmation process became a major issue. won the 2028 election, winning 56.81% to 41.2% for Senator Harry Tell of New York. Stanton won 480Electoral votes, winning all but 5 states and the District of Columbia, while Tell managed to capture 58 Electoral Votes. The Stanton administration confronted the fall-out from the fall-out from the Saudi Arabian crisis: however by 2031, with the 2032 election in the horizon, with discontent evident from the electorate as well as fatigue from twelve years of the Wheeler-Stanton-Quinn administration as well as deep fissures of division within the Republican Party base, Edward Quinn overcame opposition to his nomination and at the party's convention in Minneapolis, Quinn selected CongressmanBill Brodyof Virginiaof the Quinn-Brody ticket.
The Democratic nominee, former Senator Adam Boone , Governor of Ohio and his running mate, Senator John Reid of California; the outcome of the 2032 election was closer than expected and the results were 283 Electoral Votes and 49.07%for Boone-Reid and 255 Electoral Votes and 48% for Quinn. Four years later, former Secretary of State and now Texas Governor William Stevens made a successful bid to once again occupy the White House and she defeated Adam Boone and won with 55.5% to 42.9% for Adam Boone[/i][/color] and on January 20, 2037 and he became 51st President of the United States.
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