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While there have been a lot of sub-threads on various presidents' futures without the Twenty-Second Amendment limiting them to two terms, I thought a more encompassing thread on the issue could be interesting, especially to talk about the long-term effects and repercussions, rather than just a...

Arizona Sen. John McCain is elected President of the United States in 2000 and defeats Vice President Gore decisively in November, but the early days of his presidency are overshadowed by his response to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack and the ensuing War on Terror, beginning with an...

In 2004, FOX decides against ordering production on new episodes of the cancelled animated program Family Guy, decided instead to focus on Seth MacFarlane's newer program American Dad!, which was already in production and set to premiere after the SuperBowl in 2005. How does this affect...

Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy loses the 1960 presidential election to Vice President Richard Nixon, staying in the Senate and steadily working to rebuild his profile. Eight years after his narrow defeat, he runs for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States once again...

The Baiji, or Yangzte River Dolphin, was once widespread throughout China, but declined considerably throughout the twentieth century, and was declared extinct in 2006. Though there may be a small handful of individuals still alive, general agreement is the species cannot be saved. Through...

Have Thomas Eagleton, former Senator from Missouri and 1972 vice presidential nominee OTL, elected President of the United States in his own right.

There was a thread a while back about making resignations normal and this is similar - establish a post-1900 TL in which the American presidency is either traditionally (or constitutionally if you have a POD) limited only to a single elected term in office. It's probably ASB, but thus why...

Today, former President of the United States Bob Dole turns ninety years old. Naturally this milestone's causing a flood of articles discussing his impact on the country and his presidency. Thoughts? (EDIT: This is not a 'Shared World' - we're splintering in many directions, so every poster...

In 1983, former President Jimmy Carter declares his intention to run for the Democratic presidential nomination for a third consecutive time, eager for a grudge match with Ronald Reagan in hopes of winning a second non-consecutive term in office, crowding the Democratic field. While the general...

We all know Thomas Eagleton was a shitty pick, and we all know Ted Kennedy was the sure-fire choice that wasn't. So who else could McGovern have picked for the second slot? Chosen VP's Thomas Eagleton - Senator from Missouri; made disparaging remarks anonymous during the primaries, later chosen...

POD is Humphrey's cancer is treated early enough to at least buy him a few years of 'good' health'. I'm not going to try to butterfly away an early death for him, because that's too close to ASB, but the main question doesn't work if he's near-death. So let's say, Humphrey's at least expected to...

Citing his health problems, President Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from the presidency after only one term in office. Does Nixon run, despite being more youthful and possibly seeming even more inexperienced? Does Eisenhower's early retirement give him a boost in the polls? Does Eisenhower do...

I've tried search and didn't find any. There's a President Forever thread and while it's a million times above this game, I think this one can deserve one. Replaying campaign in TPM2004 for the third time after a computer switch... I'm getting pretty good results with John Kerry and Al Franken...

Pretty much ASB, but let's give it a shot, eh? Reagan has to be the Republican nominee for President, Bush has to be the Republican nominee for Vice President.

While on campaign stop in Nashville, Tennessee during the 1980 election, President Jimmy Carter was shot by the infamous John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. and Carter died soon after, with Walter Mondale replacing him as president and on the Democratic ticket in November, going on to lose in an almost...

John McCain's defeat of George W. Bush for the Republican nomination in 2000 remains in political circles a common story of an underdog defeating an established frontrunner - but reflecting back thirteen years, it's almost strange to imagine an America without the divisive eight years of...

POD can't be any sooner than January 1st, 1964 - President Kennedy is dead, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson has succeeded to the presidency and plans to run for a full term. Screw him out of his landslide re-election in 1964.

Somewhat ASB, but let's say POD is no Chappaquiddick, but Kennedy still sits out 1972 and 1976 as OTL, hoping to wait it out a little longer and move higher in the Senate ranks. Whether or not Reagan runs in 1980, or even if Carter's still around or if Ford won instead, it's up to the posters...

Lee Atwater's cancer catches him earlier than OTL and he's forced to bow out of being George H. W. Bush's campaign manager in the 1988 presidential election. Dukakis is nominated as OTL. 'sall I'm going to say for now.

A little-known fact is that President George Stanley McGovern (1977 - 1985) who died last year in 2012, was almost nominated for president in the bitter Democratic primaries forty years earlier. He pulled out at the convention and handed off his delegates, but his resurgent campaign four years...