But there was a major terror attack after a controversial election where the victor had half-a-million fewer votes than the loser. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidentia...
Then there was a war. And CNN became a thing 24 hours a day. And then a 2nd war. And then there was a Great Recession, blamed entirely on one party or the other, depending on whom you asked.
