November 2, 2032The junior senator from Maine stands offstage. It's a brisk night in Deering Oaks Park in Portland. But he's feeling anything but cold.
The Senator grabs his wife's hand. The former actress smiles at him, then laughs.
"What?" the Senator says, bemused.
"I wonder where Siobhan McClean is now..." she says, looking wistfully up.
"Who the hell is Siobhan McClean?"
"She was the other actress going for Hermione." the Senator laughs, then kisses his wife on the cheek.
"Well, Emma, I think you've shown her...several times."
Offstage, not far from where the new first couple were standing, the public address announcer grabs the microphone."
"Ladies and gentlemen, the President-elect of the United States."
He hears his fans cheering, then his wife whispering in his ear
"Showtime, Mr. President."
It makes him weak in the knees.
He floats up the stairs and then onto the stage, Emma holding his hand the entire time. They wave to the roaring crowd, soaking it in for a few minutes. She turns to him, and kisses him, then exits the stage.
He's up there alone, blinded by the TV lights and flashbulbs. He floats to the podium.
"Thank you!" he says, and the crowd roars more. "Thank you all so much! Thank you!"
He pauses again, waves again.
Finally, after what felt like ages, the crowd has settled down.
"My fellow Americans," the President-elect begins. He catches the electoral map on one of the large screens brought in to the park for his supporters to watch the results.
He held the sunbelt, and won back the south. President Cotton hadn't been popular since his cuts to Lizcare, the national health service. His working-class background helped him in places like West Virginia and Ohio, and his economic populist message helped him there. Wisconsin was too far gone for any Democrat at this point.
What would historians think of, when they think of this election?He thought back to those that came before him. 100 years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President, and reformed America. Pretty big shoes. Twenty-four years ago, Barack Obama, now recently deceased, was elected President, and reformed America - and inspired the man who would now follow in his footsteps. He felt that quoting the popular late President would be appropriate at this time.
"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."
