what would have happened if Kerry won the presidency?
536487
Even Kerry couldn't answer that the same way two days in a row, so who knows?
507743
Kerry lost because he lives too far North.  If the Democrats want to get votes in the South, they need to run someone from the South.
795135
John Kerry will apologize, and he won't apologize.  He really messed up the Democrats.  "YEAH!"  Just be thankful that he isn't our president!  WOW that would be scary.\n\nWe would be fighting a war in the United States.
823500
After Shrubby was given the office of President in 2000, I made three predictions. First, Shrubby would win a second term. That one came true unfortunately. Second, his brother Jeb would run and win in 2008. Third, Jeb would win again in 2012. We'll see if I'm right about those. My answer to your question is it's inevitable.
1131126
JFK would have, had he not been assassinated.\nOtherwise...who cares as long as Bush no longer has another family member run for office.
156294
No he wouldn't. Unlike old Bush, Bill Clinton is not an idiot who would break the law for his son. Also, he wouldn't have had Jeb to help him with cheating in Florida. His father's friends were also the ones that got him into good schools, the Texas Air National Guard (where he received a Dishonorable Discharge), aand who got him his multiple oil companies he ran into the ground. Also, HE DID NOT GET THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE IN 2000. THE SUPREME COURT WAS IN HIS POCKET, AND HE CHEATED IN FLORIDA. ONE MORE THING, GORE HAD THE POPULAR VOTE, MEANING THAT GORE HAD THE MAJORITY! So, no, Bush would have failed miserably in life and would have hopefully been in prison, as one answer said. But yes, it's still possible!
1110430
Of course!\n\nWho knows, maybe 9/11 would never have happened. Wouldn't that be nice? And even so, Gore would have leapt out of that chair and he certainly would not have squandered the opportunity to pull the nation together as one. We would almost certainly not be entrenched in this fool's errand of a conflict in Iraq, and Iran wouldn't be playing silly buggers either... probably.\n\nWhat else? Well the deficit wouldn't have happened. Gore would have capitalized on the surplus that Clinton left behind. The rich would have a little less money in the bank, while the middle class would have about the same, maybe a little more. The poor would still be poor but their future might be brighter and definitely not just plain ol' bleak. We certainly wouldn't be giving tax funds away for fun while Social Security needs all it can get.\n\nMaybe everyone would be on the way to having healthcare coverage, including all those millions of children who we really owe it to. Abortion would still be a choice instead of on the way to becoming a distant memory.\n\nThe tsunami and Katrina victims would have been helped within hours... instead of several days to a week later. And the amount of goodwill spread by this country around the world would be cheerfully received. We would still count dozens of other nations as our allies instead of as pissed off neighbors. Vicente Fox wouldn't have decriminalized drugs just to piss us off. Colin Powell would still have a chance at the presidency someday instead of having to hang his head in shame. The UN wouldn't consider us thieves and liars at all future UN summits. Cheney would be back at Halliburton ripping off whoever he can and Rumsfeld may have resigned and just be talking gibberish to the television.\n\nMost importantly, our government wouldn't be blatantly breaking the law and the Constitution, lying about it, and then saying they're not breaking any law when caught. They wouldn't be spying on innocent Americans. They sure wouldn't be using issues such as illegal immigration and gay marriage as a distraction tactic.\n\nAnd I firmly believe that Gore's approval rating would definitely be outside of the toilet.\n\nInstead we got Mr. Loser guy and his comically pathetic cronies... and we're going to be in a world of hurt for decades to come.\n\nThanks Mr. Bush, I hope you enjoy all the money.\n\nAnd to Mr. Gore, if by some weird quirk of fate you do read this... please run for President in 2008. We've been without one for nearly six years now and it's really starting to show.\n\n\n[My friend Answerman is absolutely correct. Katherine Harris (who was probably doing Jeb at the time) made the decision. She's one of Bush's "heck of a job" people. Meanwhile, in Ohio in 2004, the Exit Polls told the exact opposite story to the supposed count. Since that is completely illogical -- and has NEVER happened before -- we can assume the whole thing was rigged. The illegal conduct was aided by the lack of any accountability in the form of a paper trail. For the Exit Polls to contradict the results requires everyone in Ohio to blatantly lie about their vote, which is 100% improbable.]
504456
... kerry... same as before.. he didn't loose by much before, he would win in a landslide now....
998962
Yeah, but then Cheney steps in .... well, he would have had multuple heart attacks, probably dead within six months.\n\nWonder what President Hastert would have done?
43991
well, nothing, unless someone decides to shoot him, then something will happen. Bush dosnt face any life threatening health problems either. If you talk about politically, then alot is happening, the Democrats will  most likely filibustering Alito and keep attacking his Iraq decisions, he has a lot to worry about in that area, including losing Congress this year to the Democrats, at that point everyone will have problems, the Democrats will block anything he does and he will block anything they do. The government may end up in a 2 year mess when the next elections come in and the Democrats win (if bush dosnt do something to save his party[which is highly unlikely])\nBesides all that, Bush will finish his 3 years as president (if he dosnt get impeached for spying) and go back to his ranch in texas(then do other stuff).
797765
Oh yeah, Bush was humiliated. Him and his Republican buddies were defeated bigtime when the Democrats won most of the elections. The issue that really affected this race was the War In Iraq. If Bush hadn't entered that war, then the race would have had a differen t outcome. There are no other issues that come to my mind that affected the race besides the war.
685746
Probably not.\n\n\nWhen we got attacked, he probably would've hidden under his desk and prayed for us to all sing "kumbayah" together, and we might have been attacked again.\n\nBush has been a terrible President. But Gore...geesh.
1147434
They would probably still be trying to figure out what to do.  Seriously though, there probably wouldn't be that much difference, most of the intelligence the Bush administration had was gathered during the Clinton administration.  I think Gore would've vacillated on Iraq initially, but ultimately he probably would've taken a similar course of action.  Several high profile democrats were for the war in Iraq (Hillary!). Except he would've let the UN option run it's course toward futility, so he might have gained some additional world support.  But then again, you have to remember that countries like France, Germany and Russia still want to be players on the world stage, so they probably would've been difficult to deal with no matter what.\n\nUltimately, I think the result would've been very similar, regardless of what people say.
926917
well, after they finally allowed the overseas military absantee ballots to be counted (that kerry's team tried to keep from happening because they arrived a day late or something similar), it wasn't even close.  Bush won by a large scale.  I don't know the actual numbers.
854596
Yes 9/11 would have happened no matter who was president. The response would have been different. Is Algore was in charge (shudder) More of us would have lost our heads by now, we would not have gone into the Middle East, and prayer rugs would be the big seller at Wal-Mart!
1021419
I voted for the real winner John Kerry. Funny that Bush did not win the election against Kerry or Gore but he is still the president. NO not funny sad and scary
1067274
Bush would win beacue Kerry is still a dick