.:: November 2nd, 2004 ::.
Amid the highest turnout in the past 30 years, charges of voter fraud are widely distributed in many states. Use of electronic voting machines with no paper records result in re-count gridlock.
Amidst the turmoil, George W. Bush is elected president by a slim margin of 273 to 265 Electoral votes.
.:: November 3rd, 2004 to December 4th, 2004::.
The United States launches a massive offensive in Iraq leveling 2 cities in the Sunni triangle. This ends once and for all the possibility that the situation in Iraq can be resolved.