Who Would the Democrats Have Nominated in 2004 if 9/11 Did Not Occur?

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

What I'm wondering is what Bush would have done differently, and how he would have been perceived. There'd probably be a heavier emphasis on economics rather than foreign policy, and there'd probably be no Patriot Act, no Department of Homeland Security, and maybe even no Iraq.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

I'm not sure if Gore would have been worried about being perceived as a loser, since he won the popular vote by like 500,000 votes and while I believe that Bush won that night, there are many people to this day that believe that Gore won the election and that Bush simply won through political chicanery. I think that Gore would have been able to deflect loser criticisms. That's not to say his primary challengers wouldn't have portrayed him as a loser, I think they would, but I don't think that would have affected his decision.

Also, Gore might not have run because he was so involved with the environment and he might have figured that he could do more by not running for president. I remember a few years ago my biology teacher didn't want Gore to run because he wanted him to continue his environmental activism.