Mark Cotton writes: "It's too bad we can't see two alternative courses of history that would show us what would have happened if Gore had won when he ran against Bush in 2000."

I couldn't agree more!
It would be very interesting to see if Gore would have squandered the record surplus that Bush inherited, instead of creating the record deficits the Bush administration has left us with!
Or squandered the goodwill heaped upon the United States right after 9/11, instead of creating so much resentment, anger and hatred as what the Bush administration's policies have created!
Or possibly finishing the job in Afghanistan and capturing or killing Osama Ben Laden, instead of so recklessly deciding to invade Iraq, a country that never attacked us, had nothing to do with what happened to us on 9/11, or even killed a single American before Bush decided to invade that Country!
Gore probably wouldn't have tried blurring the historic line between Church & State that has served our great nation so well for over the past 200 years!
Gore would have probably funded Stem Cell research much more than Bush ever would.
Gore would have done more to be a world leader in addressing environmental concerns.
Gore would have probably appointed more competent people to important positions of power, like FEMA, instead of the cronyism and incompetence that has come to define the Bush administration!
Gore's response to Hurricane Katrina would have been undoubtedly much better than what Bush gave this nation.
And Gore would not have ended up the most hated person in the world as our current President has.
Yeah ... it sure would be interesting to see what would have happened if Gore had won.