No Scrubs II: The Presidency of Ann Richards

[Sestak]

What happened in the Missouri special?

(Assuming there was a Missouri special in this TL...)

[Cold War Liberal]

Ehrlich beat Kennedy-Townsend in MD, I assume?

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

What happened in Florida? Surely Janet Reno could have mounted a more successful gubernatorial campaign if she were in the "No Scrubs" universe

[Dr. MB]

Oregon and California?

[Progressive]

All of these requested places have gone Republican as in real life. The only difference is that in TEXAS:

State Senator Florence Shapiro defeated Attorney General John Cornyn in the primary and won a close race for U.S. Senate.

Part of the No Scrubs universe is the inevitable backlash and sexist reaction to a woman president in a time of war, which we seem to be seeing play out.

[Progressive]

2003: RICHARDS RAMPS UP AGENDA

BIN LADEN KILLED, CUOMO APPOINTED DNC CHAIR

After the 2002 midterm elections, President Ann Richards re-focused the nation's military efforts on finding Bin Laden and capturing or killing top Al-Qaeda targets instead of pursuing sustained strategic strikes across Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Republicans in Congress have been pushing Richards and her administration to look at targets in Iraq and abroad, in combating what they have dubbed as "radical warped Islamic terror."

In early 2003, Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. Andrew Cuomo, the new DNC Chair and former Richards Chief of Staff attributed this victory to "President Richards' laser-like focus on getting the job done."

Meanwhile, President Richards decided to spend much of 2003 trying to grow the green economy, including protecting public lands. This includes moratoriums on drilling and other public works projects. This agenda has come under strong scrutiny from the GOP, who insists that Richards should instead pursue offshore drilling.

NEXT: The 2004 Election Results.

[Progressive]

2004 Republican Primary

GREEN = Giuliani
BLUE   = McCain
RED   = Huckabee

Others who did not win contests: Orrin Hatch, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, and George Pataki.

Rudy Giuliani emerged as the GOP nominee for president and selected U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) for VP.

2004 General Election

BLUE = Giuliani/Thompson  (286 votes)
RED  = Richards/Feinstein   (252 votes)

Rudy Giuliani, America's 45th president

THANKS FOR TUNING END. THE END.

[Sestak]

Wait is this the end?

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Wha