The McCain Presidency

[Progressive]

January 20,2009 McCain and Palin are sworn in as President and Vice President. The two focus on healing the nation, as many groups in the country are angry at McCain's surprise victory, especially liberals, African Americans, and others.

January 21, 2009 President McCain announces that Council of Economic Advisors Chief Carly Fiorina and  Secretary of Labor Linda Lingle will start a task force on repairing the state of the economy. Vice President Palin will travel to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Syria, along with Secretary of State Joseph Lieberman to discuss the recent Hamas shellings of Jewish towns in Israel.

January 23, 2009 President McCain announces to the Senate that he and Secretary of Defense Gates plan on keeping Guantanamo Bay open but with more transparency and a special advisor to the President to oversee lawful treatment of prisoners. Senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joseph Biden announce plans to submit a bill guaranteeing the closure of Guantanamo Bay by 2011.

January 24, 2009 Secretary of Homeland Security travels to New York where he is booed by NYC firefighters who tried to derail his campaign. He is met by angry Democrats as well. Giuliani announces in NY his plan to communicate with mayors and city leaders who wish to "justly and lawfully" use racial profiling to protect their constituents. CNN, MSNBC, the Huffington Post, Al Sharpton, and other leaders/news networks call out Giuliani and call on President McCain to dismiss the Secretary of Homeland Security.

January 25, 2009 CNN releases a poll of popularity for President McCain, Vice President Palin, Secy of State Lieberman, Secy of Homeland Security Giuliani

McCain
Approve:     59%
Disapprove: 33%
Unsure:        8%

Palin
Approve:     57%
Disapprove: 36%
Unsure:        7%

Lieberman
Approve:       62%
Disapprove    35%
Unsure:          3%

Giuliani
Approve:     53 %
Disapprove: 44%
Unsure:        3%

January 28,2009 The United States Senate with a Democrat majority, rejects President McCain's nomination for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Mike Pence, Congressman from Indiana. This is seen as a slap in the face to the McCain administration. Secretary of Commerce prospect Charlie Crist is confirmed, however.

January 30,2009 Vice President Palin's convoy arrives in Israel. She is greeted with protesters galore. In the Palestinian territories, Palin refuses to wear a burka, thus becoming extremely unpopular in the Muslim world, and a sign of disrespect to many. Vice President also referred to the Gaza Strip as the West Bank twice in a speech given from Tel Aviv. Secy of State Lieberman fixed the mistakes and said they were "minor gaffes, not reflective of policy choices."

February 2, 2009 Arnold Schwarzenegger is confirmed as Secretary of Energy. He begins the "Greener America" Task Force and faces criticism from former Vice President Al Gore and Senator Russ Feingold from Wisconsin (who voted against confirmation) for not citing global warming as a major factor of environmental decay.



 

[Sewer]

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Very interesting, please continue.

[Progressive]

February 3, 2009 It has been almost two weeks since President McCain took office. On this day, seven US troops were killed during Iraqi provincial election recounts. President McCain is left defending the US' presence in Iraq.

Vice President Palin and her convoy return home from the Middle East. She makes a major speech to the nation declaring that we must support Israel in all of its efforts (which I personally agree with although I am a Democrat not a Palinista). She then stated that G-d would look down at the Palestinians and Lebanese for shedding blood in G-d's country. Liberal pundits and non-religious people chided the Vice President. Fmr Gov Mike Huckabee commeded Palin and says she is an excellent VP.

February 12, 2009 On the day of the plane crash in Buffalo, President McCain makes an address to the state of NY giving his sympathy. The Senate approves Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison as Secy of Housing and Urban Development, and Senator Susan Collins as Secy of Health and Human Services.

February 19, 2009 On the eve of his first month anniversary in office, President McCain has to announce to the country that the unemployment rate has hit 9.7%, and that more job losses were expected. Senator Clinton makes a speech urging Americans to pressure President McCain to push healthcare reform. When Vice President Palin is asked about this, she says that healthcare in the United States is "not too huge of a concern for us, we're focusing on getting jobs back for so many Americans."

February 20, 2009 On the one month anniversary of President McCain's presidency, an American family of five is killed by terrorists in Hyderabad, India. 27 Indians died in the same bombing that killed these Americans. President McCain's approval rating has sunk to 54%, and his disapproval rating flirts with the 43% mark.

February 21, 2009 The United States Senate passes a resolution calling for the dismantling of Guantanamo Bay by 2011. President McCain calls the resolution "ridiculous and un-American." He vetoes the bill. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) switches to the Democratic Party in protest of "state sponsored torture.

[Progressive]

February 25, 2009 The United States Senate approves the nomination of Connecticut Gov Jodi Rell as Secretary of Education. Rush Limbaugh calls McCain " a coward" for putting so many "liberal wusses" in the cabinet. Senator John Kerry announces that he will write the legislation for preventing mayors from using Secy Giuliani's "lawful racial profiling."

February 28,2009 President McCain along with Secretary Gates announce that the War in Iraq will be over by 2013 as promised in campaign ads. This brings some relief to Democrats. United States Senate rejects Oklahoma Sen Tom Coburn as Secretary of Interior. McCain Chief of Staff Eric Cantor reveals that the White House is furious with Congress and fears that they will destroy McCain's presidency.

[Sewer]

February 25, 2009 The United States Senate approves the nomination of Connecticut Gov Jodi Rell as Secretary of Education. Rush Limbaugh calls McCain " a coward" for putting so many "liberal wusses" in the cabinet.

Rush Lolbaugh.

Senator John Kerry announces that he will write the legislation for preventing mayors from using Secy Giuliani's "lawful racial profiling."

...what?

[Hillary 2016]

Honey, You mean January right?  Unless- in your version the President is inaugurated in June?

[Hillary 2016]

This is a good idea.  I wish I had thought of it!

[big bad fab]

Good idea, but, well it's not at all realistic to stuff the cabinet with so many senators and governors ! And dangerous when you need to control the Senate, at least a bit...

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Good idea, but, well it's not at all realistic to stuff the cabinet with so many senators and governors ! And dangerous when you need to control the Senate, at least a bit...

Regarding Maine, Republicans will lose seat, as Baldacci would appoint a Democrat

And Garmendi is Governor of California... Poor Jerry Brown

[Farage]

good TL I love it even if it's a lil bit anti-McCain

[Progressive]

Good idea, but, well it's not at all realistic to stuff the cabinet with so many senators and governors ! And dangerous when you need to control the Senate, at least a bit...

meg whitman, carly fiorina, eric cantor, rudy giuliani

[Progressive]

March 3, 2009 Treasury Secretary Whitman announces that consumer spending rose for the first time in several month during February. President McCain announces a "new tax plan for small businesses" which calls for lowering their federal taxes by 2.2%. Democratic Senators Bob Casey and Bob Menendez claim that the government will "pick and choose" what is considered a small business and that this plan could possibly exclude one third of all small businesses.

March 4, 2009 Press Secretary Nancy Pfotenhauer announces that President McCain will spend 3 days in Arizona "to catch up with family and take a breather" and that Vice President Palin will be in charge of executive duties until March 8th. Although this kind of event has happened many times before in the GWB administration, liberals seem to be outraged and criticize the President.

There are also pictures circulating throughout the internet that allege that Todd Palin was seen at a bar//lounge that featured strippers and less than appropriately dressed cocktail waitresses. Todd Palin admits he was in the bar but denies any wrongdoing.

March 6, 2009 Former Governor Judy Martz of Montana is confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture (barely) after facing tough criticism from the Senate.

March 7, 2009 Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts claims that President McCain has abandoned his promise for healthcare reform and that any chance at this must be done in the Senate. Secy Collins claims that the government is actively working on a plan to create healthcare tax breats for millions of families. But Collins' plan seems lackluster and has few specifics.

March 8, 2009 In an interview with Meet the Press, Chief of Staff Eric Cantor tells David Gregory that Vice President Sarah Palin is "in charge of all of the special task forces" that the McCain administration has set up. President McCain returns to Washington DC. Senator Barbara Boxer calls the White House to personally ask President McCain to use an executive order to remove the ban on stem cell research. Vice President Palin tells some reporters that there will be no change of the Bush stem cell policy. McCain says that he will "look into it to see if it will have immediate effects on people's health."

March 10, 2009 The Employee Free Choice Act is introduced into Congress. As is the Small Business Recovery Plan that Senator McCain claims will be a major lifeline in restoring the economy. Sen. Chuck Schumer says that he will vote for the Small Business Recovery Plan if President McCain promises not to veto the Employee Free Choice Act.

March 18, 2009 President McCain announces a new strategy in Afghanistan. The "Afghan Surge" will send in 36,000 troops to Pakistani-border provinces to help destroy Taliban and Al Qaeda along the mountain regions. Secretary of State Lieberman will visit China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and India in the next few days. Senator Hillary Clinton urges Lieberman to call out the Chinese on their abusive actions toward its citizens.

March 22, 2009 The US House of Reps votes in the 90% tax on executive compensation. Breaking News A shooting takes place on Capitol Hill between Capitol police and a man who shoots his ex girlfriend and her boyfriend in the chest. Both are killed. Washington DC City Council passes a resolution calling on President McCain to ask the Senate to raise taxes on bullets and guns and make it more difficult to purchase one. McCain says that "he feels sorry for the ones who died near the Capitol but American's have a right to defend themselves." Gun control advocates are outraged and will protest in Washington next week.

March 27, 2009 US troops kill three top Al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan.

March 28, 2009 President McCain approval ratings:
Approve:     52%
Disapprove  45%

Vice President Sarah Palin
Approve:     48%
Disapprove: 48%

[pogo stick]

I like it!

Palin, McCain, Lingle, Giuliani, and Cantor in the same cabinet? AWESOME

[Progressive]

March 31, 2009 The United States Senate approves Lt. Gov. Michael Steele as United States Attorney General. President McCain will hold town hall meetings in 12 states to discuss his accomplishments thus far including victories in the War in Afghanistan and the passage of the Small Business Recovery Act.

April 1, 2009 Newly crowned AG Steele announces that he will oversee a panel of investigators to ensure that torture does not take place at ANY U.S. corrections facilities including Guantanamo Bay. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) of Arkansas declares that she will petition the White House to give larger tax breaks to small businesses and include farms as a small business.

April 5, 2009 President McCain calls President Medvedev of Russia and asks for peace talks. Russia agrees to limit nuclear proliferation for defense purposes. This is seen as a huge victory for President McCain. His approval rating soars to 57% according to an online CNN poll. That same day, however, the stock market drops 275 points and more job losses are expected. McCain's approval sours back to the low 50s range.

[Progressive]

Aprill 10, 2009 As North Korea launches satellites into the sky, President McCain calls the North Koreans "the buckle on the belt of evil." Kim Jong Il rebuts and calls McCain "a sham leader of the supposed free world."

Aprill 11, 2009 Senator Obama (D-IL) makes a major speech to his colleagues.

"We need to pass all of the President's Small Business Recovery initiatives, and support him on all of his economic proposals so long as they do not  burden the middle class or take away from social welfare programs. The United States Senate would be remiss in allowing a half baked economic solution to come into existence. Let's give President McCain a full ride for his economic plans. If things get worse, we'll pull the plug. If they get better, we'll keep on voting his programs in."

The next day the United States Senate overwhelmingly passes the Small Business Employee Benefits Plan. This $27 billion grant program is meant to give small business owners money to save employee's  benefits such as healthcare or stock options.

Walmart later announces that it will lay off 1,200 workers in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

April 15, 2009 Happy Tax Day! Housing Secretary Hutchison announces that she will put a plan in place requiring homeowners to fill out an extra sheet of paper when applying for a mortgage. This sheet asks even more personal questions including more detailed ones on financial history. McCain's approval rating reaches 56% again. Palin's approval rating hits 40%. She is rarely in Washington to oversee the "task forces" and is seen as the "wild child" of the White House.

April 17, 2009 Former President Bill Clinton states that "the McCain economic plan has utterly failed." He challenges Senator McCain to provide a "real" solution for the working class of the country. Unemployment is hovering around 9.9%. Today, GM will lay off 900 workers in Michigan.

[Psychic Octopus]

Keep it up. I'm a big fan of McCain, so here's hoping to a good story!

[big bad fab]

Good idea, but, well it's not at all realistic to stuff the cabinet with so many senators and governors ! And dangerous when you need to control the Senate, at least a bit...

meg whitman, carly fiorina, eric cantor, rudy giuliani

Arnie, Crist, Lingle, Lieberman, Hutchison, Collins, Rell
And almost Coburn.
And, wait, I wanted to say "congressmen", so Cantor is included in this long list.

[Progressive]

Keep it up. I'm a big fan of McCain, so here's hoping to a good story!

And I'm a big fan of Hillary so I resent the poster on your thing. Lmao. But thanks for the encouragement for the timeline! any suggestions?

[Progressive]

Good idea, but, well it's not at all realistic to stuff the cabinet with so many senators and governors ! And dangerous when you need to control the Senate, at least a bit...

meg whitman, carly fiorina, eric cantor, rudy giuliani

Arnie, Crist, Lingle, Lieberman, Hutchison, Collins, Rell
And almost Coburn.
And, wait, I wanted to say "congressmen", so Cantor is included in this long list.

McCain knew he was facing Democratic control of both houses and wanted members of Congress and governors with a presence to help negotiate to get bills passed.

[tmthforu94]

Keep it up. I'm a big fan of McCain, so here's hoping to a good story!

And I'm a big fan of Hillary so I resent the poster on your thing. Lmao. But thanks for the encouragement for the timeline! any suggestions?

McCain probably wouldn't have given Collins a position, since that would be one less Republican in the Senate. I'd be suprised if that many high name Republicans actually got appointed, honestly.

[Psychic Octopus]

Keep it up. I'm a big fan of McCain, so here's hoping to a good story!

And I'm a big fan of Hillary so I resent the poster on your thing. Lmao. But thanks for the encouragement for the timeline! any suggestions?

Not yet, maybe we can see a poll that describes how they view McCain's presidency so far on Health Care, Foreign Policy, and the Economy?

Also how's the black community taking Obama's loss. Did Oprah cry? Did Sharpton cry foul? Just wondering.

[Progressive]

April 20,2009 President McCain and Rep. Clyburn (D-SC) hold a forum on race relations in Charleston to try to heal the divide between McCain and the African American community.

Polls have been released by CBS, NY Times, CNN, and Strategic Vision on approval of certain McCain policy. The mean percentages of the polls are being shown.

War in Afghanistan (not war but handling of it)
Approve:      58%
Disapprove:  33%

War in Iraq (not war but handling of it)
Approve:      54%
Disapprove:  43%

Economy
Approve: 44%
Disapprove: 49%

HealthCare
Approve:     39%
Disapprove: 57%

Environment//Energy
Approve:     45%
Disapprove: 49%

Social issues (abortion, stem cell)
Approve:     41%
Disapprove: 53%

Choice of Cabinet
Approve:     38%
Disaprrove: 58%

April 25, 2009 President McCain and Health Secy Collins announce that our neighbor, Mexico, has reported a major outbreak of Swine Flu. McCain says that he will wait for results from Mexico before consulting FEMA and the CDC on immediate steps to be taken. However many Americans continue to be affected.

April 26, 2009 President McCain announces that Vice President Sarah Palin has been infected with the H1N1 Swine Flu virus after meeting with the Ambassador from Mexico. The US Senate confirms President McCain's Transportation Secy pick, former New Mexico Dir. of Transportation, Gary Giron, the only Latino to serve in the President's cabinet. New polls (shown above) indicate that McCain's handling of the economy is mediocre but foreign policy is pretty decent. McCain's current approval rating is 55%, disapproval rating, 43%.

May 1, 2009 After Chrysler declares bankruptcy, President McCain says there is nothing more the def. gov't can do to help the auto-industry. The UAW is furious and tried to hold a "million man" protest at Washington DC to call on President McCain to resign. Meanwhile the race for 2012 seems to heating up already. Senator Clinton has addressed Americans live on TV nearly 20 times since President McCain took office. Governor Richardson has traveled to twelve states in the past few months of the McCain presidency and Sen. Evan Bayh declared that he will visit Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, and Ohio in the next few weeks to discuss Democratic small business solutions. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is heard calling McCain a "lame duck president." Rumors spread that Sessions may challenge McCain in 2012 for the nomination.

May 5, 2009 Vice President Sarah Palin announces that she has fully recovered from Swine Flu. RNC Chair Katon Dawson says that he will support President McCain in 2012 if he chooses to run. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) calls the McCain administration "unstable and uncoordinated; everyone in the Cabinet has special interests."

May 17, 2009 GM announces it will close 1,100 dealerships in the United States. Secy of Labor Linda Lingle resigns her post citing "personal conflcts." It is rumored that Secy Lingle did not feel comfortable reporting all of her findings of the Labor Task Force to Vice President Palin who is in charge of all of the task forces. Nancy Pfotenhauer, Press Secretary, announces that President McCain will nominate former Rep. Susan Molinari (R-NY). She is widely confirmed.

[Psychic Octopus]

I would guess McCain won't run for re-election, hopefully Mark Warner will take his place, or maybe Deval Patrick will run and we get to test a "second" Obama.

[Progressive]

May 20, 2009 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) tells Wolf Blitzer (CNN) during an interview that he feels that President McCain "either folds over too easily to Demcoratic demands, or staunchly opposes Democratic ideas without even considering them. He takes no middle road with these issues. He's gonna' cause a lot of damage this way." Speculation continues to grow that Sessions may be gearing up to challenge McCain in a primary in 2012.

May 25, 2009 President McCain nominates Viet Dinh, an attorney who served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States for the Supreme Court following Justice Souter's retirement announcement. He is of Vietnamese descent and is currently a professor of law at Georgetown University. But he is met with much controversy. He was one of the founders of the USA PATRIOT act.

May 31, 2009 The unemployment rate drops from the 10s to 9.7% This is seen as a good sign for President McCain. UAW has organized nearly 230,000 people to march on the Washington mall. This is seen as bad PR for McCain as many elected officials and union workers from many states attended the rally. Among union members, McCain's approval rating is 33%, disapproval, at 61%.

June 5, 2009 During deliberations and discussions with Supreme Court nominee Dinh, it becomes clear that this man is a staunch conservative. He supports the Patriot Act, right to guns, racial profiling to an extent, and the procedures at Guatanamo Bay. Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), Max Baucus (D-MT), and  Mark Begich (D-AK) announce that they will vote to confirm Dinh. No word on Obama, Clinton, Biden, Bayh or other top level Senators.

June 13, 2009 The day Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is declared the winner of the Iran election, Secy of State Lieberman releases a statement saying that the USA does not recognize this "sham, and fraudelent victory," and that the government of Iran, including Ahmadinejad, clearly see now that they need to cheat to win, because they are hated by their own people. Vice President Palin says that Ahmadinejad "needs a lesson on how to be a statesman, and a leader for the people of Iran."

June 15, 2009 As Iran election protests seem to augment, President McCain says that the USA needs to wait for events to "play out" before making any incendiary remarks. This move seems to please moderates and Democrats, but upsets Republicans, including, you guessed it, Sen. Jeff Sessions. Sessions is quoted saying on Meet the Press the day before that "McCain must no longer yield to the demands of Ahmadinejad. Now is the time to declare the Iran elections a fraud for the world to see. It is time to rid the Earth of the evil who walk on it."

June 20, 2009 President McCain extends his sympathy to the family and friends of Neda, the girl murdered by Iranian basij. He also says that the Basij and other Iranian militants of evil must be defeated, but now is neither the time nor place for a USA intervention. Democratic Sen Jim Webb and former Republican Sen Chuck Hagel both commend the President for that statement saying the US must wait until the conflict boils down to start choosing sides. President McCain also announces $1 billion of USA aid to refugees in Darfur. McCain's approval rating hits 58%, the highest in months.