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Congress started focusing on investigation into the general terrorism situation in the Middle East.

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Money didn't change hands, leading to a pseudo recession.  Entertainment and various other sectors flopped

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Directly after 9/11, the American public was essentially uninterested in anything due to the disaster, and only cared about the progress made on the terrorist group.

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Since the 9/11 attacks, a lot of resources have been put towards improving security, in the areas of homeland security, national defense and in the private sector.

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Stock exchanges closed from September 11th to September 17th

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As a result of the political disaster of 9/11, tons of political upheaval took place. The FBI and CIA were questioned in hearings, and leadership was questioned.

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As the war in the Middle East was still going on, the American public re-elected Bush.  History has shown that America has always re-elected a wartime president.  Bonus points if they have expanded their power to be more effective during wartime.

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An interesting point to remember with 80 days left to the Presidential election, and just two days to August 20, precisely five months to the inauguration!

NEVER has a President in wartime been defeated, including two times when war clouds hovered, but we were not technically at war!

Witness the following:

James Madison, the War of 1812, reelected in 1812
Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, reelected in 1864
Woodrow Wilson, World War I, not at war but nearing it, reelected in 1916
Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, not at war but nearing it, reelected in 1940, and then at war, reelected in 1944.
Lyndon B. Johnson, using the Vietnam War issue through the Gulf of Tonkin, elected in 1964
Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, reelected in 1972
George W. Bush, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, reelected in 2004

This list does not include James K. Polk, who chose not to run for reelection AFTER the end of the Mexican War in 1848; William McKinley, reelected AFTER the Spanish American War's end, in 1900; Harry Truman, who chose not to run in 1952 during the Korean War; Lyndon B. Johnson, who chose not to run during the Vietnam War in 1968; and George H. W. Bush, who was triumphant during the Persian Gulf War, but then lost 18 months later for reelection in 1992, due to the bad economy and the candidacy of Ross Perot helping Bill Clinton to win in a three way race.

So the odds of Barack Obama winning reelection with the Afghanistan War raging are excellent!

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Important To Remember: No Wartime President Has Been Defeated For Reelection! | The Progressive Professor

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An interesting point to remember with 80 days left to the Presidential election, and just two days to August 20, precisely five months to the inauguration! NEVER has a President in wartime been defeated, including two times when war clouds hovered, but we were not technically at war!

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The war was continuing up through the following election in 2004.

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Created the sense that airports and planes were tense, dangerous places.

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Creation of the Transportation Security Administration on November 19th, a month after 9/11.

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Pat downs, the ban of liquids or any materials that could be made into a bomb, and not being allowed to go near pilots of planes were policies put in place after 9/11.

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In 2002, the Bush Administration creates the Department of Homeland Security.

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Less than a month after 9/11, American troops invaded Afghanistan in order to take down Al Qaeda