Also, the economy would have dropped no matter who was president during the 2000-04 term. Clinton (who I liked btw) did have it easy because the economy boomed due to the ".com" era. That had nothing to do with Clinton. The internet is what made the economy sky rocket and after a while, the weaker ".com" businesses naturally went under which would have happened no matter who was president. Plus, the 9/11 situation was a major issue that effected the economy and Bush handled that situation well IMO. If Gore was president, the US would have ended up looking like cowarding pussies.