Chapter 6: 2009
The Cabinet of George W. Bush
Ownership Society
In his inaugural address, President George W. Bush presented his vision for the country and how it will overcome the Great Recession.
“Everyone will have a stake in the American dream once more,” Bush said. “Together, we...
Chapter 5: 2008 (Part II)
Housing market woes and platform squabbles
As the economic crisis continued to worsen, President John Kerry signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 at the end of June to assist homeowners with troubled mortgages and stabilize the housing market. Setting...
Chapter 4: 2008 (Part I)
Fannie Mae scandal, O’Connor retires
President John Kerry faced the greatest challenges to his political future ever in his presidency. An economic recession diminished his political capital, and the majorities for his party in Congress were thin enough to make major...
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Rep. Nancy Johnson faced the worst defeat of any Republican incumbent in 2006 aside from Rep. John Hostettler in Indiana's 8th, losing by 12 points in a year where Democrats nationally won by 8 points. Chris Murphy effectively - and whether or not truthfully - to the scandals of the...
Chapter 3: 2007
Democrats take on healthcare as election looms
The first bill passed by the Democrats in the newly elected Congress was the Fair Minimum Wage Act, on Jan. 10, 2007.[1] The bill increased the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.[2] In his State of the Union...
Regular updates will resume this Tuesday, sorry for the schedule slip!
Butterflied, a tropical storm happening the same way in the same place with a year of different intervening events struck me as implausible.
The 2004 speculation was that Bill Richardson would be offered the job - I had...
Thank you very much to you all for the kind comments! And yeah the Foley scandal and the economy helped to prevent the midterms from going badly for the Democrats, a blue wave by typical Democratic midterm standards OTL at least.
Chapter 2: 2006
Government shutdown and Iraq withdrawal timetable
The new year began with the U.S. government in shutdown, as President John Kerry and the Republican Congress clashed over setting benchmarks for withdrawal from Iraq. Most Americans believed that going to Iraq War was a mistake...
The Real Deal? A Kerry Wins TL
Chapter 1: 2004-2005
NYT breaks warrantless wiretaps
On Oct. 18, 2004, the New York Times broke that President George W. Bush had authorized a secret warrantless surveillance program. [1] The president defended the program as necessary to save American lives...
I certainly understand trying to defend the NDCR timeline from those who say it's derivative, but you're mistaken in saying that they came out at the same time: No Southern Strategy was published June 4, 2015. New Deal Coalition Retained was first published on June 21, 2016, a year later.
Today, the administrative staff of the Sufficient Velocity forum have created a new Alternate History sub-forum! Within one day, this new enclave has already seen over 1000 posts and counting, with 45 new members including map-making luminaries like @ToixStory and wikibox wizards like...
Come Home to Morning in America
I. Carter doesn’t rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic (POD and Reagan 1981-1982)
President Jimmy Carter refused to request the resignation of Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal, fearing what effect it would have on the value of the...