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Denis, I agree with what you have said. The country was in good shape economically, and the world was reasonably stable.
But 9/11 did quite a bit to both the economic environment, and world stability. It isn't enough to say that Gore or Kerry would have been "ineffectual." Ineffectual suggests they could have coasted through a presidency doing nothing. But with 9/11, they would have had to have some kind of reaction.
What that reaction would have been, and what the outcome would have been, it pretty interesting to speculate on. That would be an interesting discussion. I have really no idea what they would have done, although I do think that neither of them would have invaded Iraq. That just seemed so random, and the idea of people around Bush at the time (who have now fled the scene).
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