Talk Elections

[Colin Powell Address to 2000 Republican National Convention on Youtube. Uploaded by Educational Video Group. Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmNDt7nYwTc]

"My fellow Republicans, I humbly and graciously accept your Nomination for the Presidency of the United States!"




(I'll do Midterms if specifically asked for them, but one can ask for the current governors and senators of five states ITTL via PM. Same goes for Powell's Cabinet.)

For the last eight years, the Democrats have been out of the White House, with not a single President of the Party since FDR winning a second term in their own right. For eight years, the Republicans have controlled the Nation, with President Colin Powell creating a significant coalition of voters for the Republicans. The Economic miracle of the 1990s have shown some signs of slowing down as late as 2002, months after the 9/11 attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers and rallied the Nation to War in Afghanistan.

In just a few short weeks, the war in Afghanistan was practically over with Osama Bin Laden having been captured at Tora Bora in December 2001, 3 months after the attacks. He was later tried on July 4th, 2002 and executed on October 15th of the same year. Despite pushes from the hawks of his party, President Powell has refused to send any troops into Iraq, declaring that he wasn't interested in changing regimes, and that he was looking to enlarge the National Surplus and keep US Military Affairs to a minimum internationally.

Now, with 2004 on the Horizon, can the Democrats win back the White House and then potentially win a second term in 2008, or will the Republicans, bolstered by President Powell's popularity, be sent to Term 3 in the White House?
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This is a thread to track interest for the game potentially. It has the same rules as all other games. Just be careful about the whole copyright rule.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me here or in the PMs. And yes, this will likely be the only thing I am active on Atlas for (Games, I mean. For timelines, I recommend you check me out on Alt Timelines).[/color]

This seems almost set up to ensure a Republican victory.

Trust me, it ain't Political Pendulum can be wild sometimes with how it swings one party into or out of office. I apologize if the timeline I wrote made it seem like that. I was in a hurry when typing it.

What is the composition of the Senate and House looking like? I assume it's relatively close due to Powell's victories, combined with his midterms.

Can I call dibs on Feingold?

Granted.


The House is currently 234 Republicans-200 Democrats-1 Independent (10 guesses as to who the Independent is)

The Senate is 57 Republicans-43 Democrats.

I'll take Phil Gramm

Granted

FYI I'm listed as being Feinstein instead of Feingold.

Oof, I accidentally saw Feinstein instead of Feingold. I'll fix that

I’ll be John Kerry. I finally have time to play one of these election games

I’ll take Pataki

Granted
Granted

I will be Fmr. Senator Bill Bradley.

Granted

I may run as George Bush.

granted

Don’t suppose I could have Ann Richards?  8^]

When can I make my announcement?

Granted.


Anytime you wish

Question : With seven players now in the game, would it be fair to start this game or wait until there are two or more players joining?

I feel like we have a decent enough crowd on both sides to begin. But if people want to wait, i am open to that as well.

midterms and powells cabinet?

Game Thread : https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=330379.0

Powell's Cabinet

Secretary of State : James Baker  (R-TX)

Secretary of Treasury : Steve Forbes (R-NJ)

Secretary of Defense : Norman Schwarzkopf (R-FL)

Attorney General : Joe Biden (D-DE)

Secretary of the Interior : Max Baucus (D-MT)

Secretary of Agriculture : Patrick Leahy (D-VT)

Secretary of Commerce : J. James Exon (D-NE)

Secretary of Labor : Jack Kemp (R-NY)

Secretary of Health and Human Services : Bob Graham (D-FL)

Secretary of Education : James Jeffords (R-VT)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development : Connie Mack (R-FL)

Secretary of Transportation : Trent Lott (R-MS)

Secretary of Energy : Frank H. Murkowski (R-AK)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs : Alan Simpson (R-WY)

Chief of Staff : Howard Baker (R-TN)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency : Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget : Rob Portman (R-OH)

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy : Bob Martinez (R-FL)

United States Trade Representative : John Kasich (R-OH)

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Supreme Court so far

Chief Justice : Orrin Hatch (Appointed by President Powell, 1998)

Associate Justice : Antonin Scalia (Appointed by President Reagan, 1986)

Associate Justice : Antony Kennedy (Appointed by President H.W. Bush, 1988)

Associate Justice : David Souter (Appointed by President H.W. Bush, 1990)

Associate Justice : Clarence Thomas (Appointed by President H.W. Bush, 1991)

Associate Justice : Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Appointed by President Clinton, 1993)

Associate Justice : Stephen Breyer (Appointed by President Clinton, 1994)

Associate Justice : Samuel Alito (Appointed by President Powell, 2001)

Associate Justice : Priscilla Owens (Nominated by President Powell on August 29th, 2003, Congress to have a vote on September 17th, 2003 to be confirmed or rejected)

Everyone can get interviews by asking me via PM here or by DM on discord.

Press Releases for campaigns are allowed to happen and, if you want, you can fill out who is the head of your campaign (Press Secretary, Communications Director, Outreach Director, that stuff). When we go into the election (Primaries and General), a player will be allowed to post POVs of their candidate interacting with their campaign on how the situation is progressing for more flavor to the game. Hope this is a great suggestion.

Any room for new candidates?

sure. Who would you like?

Either Governor Christine Todd Whitman or Senator Mary Landrieu, depending on which field needs candidates more!

Both need more candidates. Landrieu lost in 1996 and Whitman is Director of the EPA in Powell's cabinet.

I'll take Whitman then.

Granted.

Reminder : Post your schedules quickly. Turn ends in two days.

Alright, so it looks like I don't have as much time as I thought, so unfortunately, I'm gonna have to drop out.

alright.

I would like to play as Senator John F. Kennedy, Jr. (D-NY)

Can I play as Huckabee?

Granted

Could I play as Donald Trump (D)?

granted.

Can I have Sam Brownback?

Granted. Sorry for turn delay everyone, life.

Actually, I would like to play as Lindsey Graham

Granted.

Granted. He's still a representative for this bid, as he would've just became Senator if he ran in 2002.

That works, I actually really like the idea of a Represenative becoming president so that is actually good

what is the primary schedule?