Well, Don, when it comes to Florida, Jeb and Kate "promised" to bring home the bacon and they did. Gore could have taken 60% of Florida (which he might have done) and it wouldn't have changed a thing. A good read is Greg Palist's "Best Democracy Money Can Buy" to give one just a perspective on just how corrupt the voting was in Florida in favor of the Republicans...

As for 9/11.... Another Arab unfriendly Bush in the White House coupled with an official policy to let the Isrealis and Palistinians jsut fight it out set the stage for 9/11...

That's my take on it.

Bobert