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The New Millenium
Election of 2000
• George W. Bush (Republican) vs. Al Gore (Democrat)
• Gore:• VP• Lacked a strong personality
• Bush:• Texas Governor • Son of a President• Hoped to return morality & respect to White House
Election of 2000
• What should gov’t do w/ surplus• $237 Billion
• Bush==Tax Cut• Democrats said tax cut would go to wealthy
• Democrats thought that surplus should be used to protect Social Security
Election of 2000
• To close to call
• Florida would have a recount• Did Nader (Green Party) stop Gore from winning FL?
• Hanging chads???
• Florida became a battleground filled w/ lawyers, politicians, media, etc.
• 36 days later the SC settled it in Bush v. Gore
• 5-4 they ruled to discontinue all recounts in FL
• Bush had secured the presidency
• 4th time candidate w/ most popular votes lost• 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000
Bush Presidency
• Approach was more “corporate” compared to Clinton’s laid back style• Strict schedule• Woke up early & left office at the end of the
workday
• Clinton often worked long into the night, but had more casual style
• Bush gave more power to his Cabinet, esp. VP Dick Cheney
Bush Presidency
• Major tax cut, largest in history• Cuts favored the wealthy• Most taxpayers received a rebate of $300• Hoped to jumpstart a faltering economy
• Recession after dot-com bubble burst
• Education reform---NCLB• Accountability, “high-stakes testing”• Federal funding tied to test scores
1st term
• 9/11/2001
• NYC, Washington DC
• Hijacked commercial planes
• Both towers of NYC’s World Trade Center
• Pentagon
• 4th plane outside of Pittsburgh
• 266 passengers & crew died on planes
1st term
• 180 died in Pentagon
• WTC buildings, 110 stories high, crumbled to the ground
• Roughly 2,800 died
• Osama Bin Laden, head of Al Qaeda
• Taliban provided sanctuary for Bin Laden in Afghanistan
• Taliban refused to turn over Bin Laden
• Bush to Taliban, they will “pay a price”
1st term
• “War on Terrorism”
• Oct. 7, 2001—”Operation Enduring Freedom”
• Bombing campaign aimed at Taliban military & communication bases
• W/in a few months an interim gov’t est. in Kabul (capital of Afghanistan) & Taliban was mostly wiped out• Many taken to prison at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba• Taliban/Ql Qaeda fighters fled Kabul for mountains
• Bin Laden was in hiding• Taken out by Navy SEALs in May of 2011
• 2K+ Americans killed
• American troops still present• Withdrawal under way
1st term
• W/in month of 9/11 Bush created new executive department: Homeland Security• Beefed up presence at airports• Headed by PA Governor, Tom Ridge
• Anthrax scares (in mail)• News media, Senators, • 18 infected, 5 died
1st term• Jan. 2002, Bush speaks of an “axis of evil”
• Included Iraq, Iran, North Korea• Bush administration started to build a case for invading Iraq
• Oct. 2002, Congress passes resolution allowing the President to use force against Iraq
• War began on March 19, 2003
• “Coalition of the willing”—20 nations (most notable==UK)
• “Operation Iraqi Freedom”
• Reasoning=connections to terrorist groups & WMDs?• Additionally Hussein’s gov’t had major violations of human rights
• Saddam Hussein was captured in Dec. of 2003• Sentenced to death by Iraqi Special Tribunal• Executed in Dec. of 2006
• MISSION ACCOMPLISHED SPEECH
• May 1, 2003
• Televised address onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
• “Mission Accomplished” Banner
• “…the tyrant has fallen and Iraq is free.”
• “The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th, 2001 and still goes on.”
1st term
• All American troops were withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2011
• 4K+ Americans killed
• 30K+ wounded
WAR on terror-- controversy
• Surveillance• Patriot Act, NSA
• Waterboarding
• Prosecution of unlawful enemy combatants by military commission rather than a standard trial• Some held for months, even years, w/o access to
lawyers• Intense interrogations, even torture
• In 2008 Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay, but still open today (150+ detainees)
Election of 2004
• Bush, Republican
• “JOhn KErry”
• “Kerry is Scary”
• Bush called Kerry a “Massachusetts liberal” & a “flip-flopper”
• John Kerry, Democrat, long-time Senator from MA
• “Kerry Bush Out”
• “More Trees, Less Bush”
• “Stronger at Home and More Respected in the World”
• Kerry touted his Vietnam War experience
Election of 2004
• High voter turnout, another close election expected
• 12 million more than 2000
• Both Bush & Kerry received more popular votes than any previous candidate
2nd term
• Hurricane Katrina, Aug. 2005
• Bush declared a state of disaster in LA, MS, & AL
• FEMA’s response was slow & flawed• Some argued the
response was limited due to the Iraq War
• 2007, U.S. entered recession
• Bush signed into a law a $170 billion stimulus package
• 500,000 jobs lost in November, 2008 alone
• GDP grew slower during Bush’s Presidency than the norm
Etc.
• Entered White House w/ 50% approval, 80-90% after 9/11, fell to as low as 19% in 2nd term
• Final approval rating was 34% according to Gallup• Similar to Jimmy Carter
• 2000 & 2004, Time “Person of the Year”
• Close to Tony Blair of UK & Vicente Fox of Mexico
• Rising tensions w/ Putin by end of 2nd term
Election of 2008
• Barack Obama & Joe Biden, Democrats
• Obama defeats Clinton by early June
• Obama=limited political experience at national level
• Senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008
• Born in Hawaii, controversy over birth certificate
• John McCain & Sarah Palin, Republicans
• Palin, Governor of Alaska, was a surprise pick/controversial move
• McCain was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for 5.5 years
• McCain=Long-time Senator from AZ
Election of 2008
• Issues
• Iraq War• McCain supported it, Obama opposed it
• McCain commented that the U.S. could be Iraq for the next “50 to 100” years
• Bush’s unpopularity• Bush did no campaigning
• Change vs. Experience
• The economy
• Health care
Election of 2008
• Popular vote• Obama=52.9%• McCain=45.7%
• 131.3 million voted, highest turnout ever, 60+%
• 62 votes for Santa Claus
• 11 votes for Mickey Mouse