America: 2000-2016

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How did the 2002 midterms play out?

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I can hardly wait. Keep up the great work!

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How are the Senate races shaping up at this point?

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I look forward to the Barnes Presidency. Keep it up!

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Really fine job. Keep up the good work.

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Coming Next:
After the war, how does the United States recover?  How will the war affect the 2006 midterm elections?  Also, a popular former President dies.

Is President reagan already dead, or is he yet to die?

He is already dead.  The former President that will die in the next update is either Ford, Carter, Bush, or Clinton.

Let me rephrase that.  In this fiction, Ford dies on the same date as in real life.  Therefore, either Carter, Bush, or Clinton will die in the next update.

I say it will be Clinton.

Or might it be Barnes?

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Which Senate candidates won that did not in reality?

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Which Senate candidates won that did not in reality?

Only Harold Ford.

That's right. I forgot that others had won in 2004 and Wellstone did not die.

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I like Durbin/Bayh for the Dems and Ridge/Pawlenty for the GOP.

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Adam, I am flattered by that question.  At this time, I do not believe I will be continuing this fiction past 2016.  One can only speculate events so far into the future.  Writing past 2016 would, for me, require too much guesswork and would not be based on solid truth.  Though this work is fiction, it is based on reality.  I could not make this work the same type of fiction if I continued it that far.  If several individuals would truly like to see events after 2016, I may write a few general updates.  However, this is not my last fiction, and I have another, different type of "What-If" work in my mind after this is completed.  In the meantime, however, I hope you enjoy this fiction; over half of it remains to be completed!

I look forward to the rest of it. This is one of the best threads on this forum, IMO, and it always holds my interest. Great job!

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I wish Clinton's numbers were that low in reality.

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Yes we want you to update. We've just been waiting for the updates to come.

Ditto.

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Very interesting and believable. I look forward to seeing how this influences the Presidential race.

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Great work on 2008, I enjoyed reading it. Durbin may not have won, but he is still 1/2 of what makes Illinois' Senate delegation the best.