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Simple. Create circumstances for Congress to overturn the 22nd Amendment. The key is overturn - as in, it has to have been passed to begin with. edit: Background: The 22nd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was passed in 1947 to limit all future Presidents of the United States to two terms...

Inspired by the thread I made on the McGovern-Carter ticket, and how that failed to make much difference besides the obvious. Anyway, the only idea in this challenge is to get McGovern in office. You can change his election strategy in 1972, or perhaps have him run in a different year (1976...

I've always rued the choice of Thomas Eagleton as a running mate, and it's been said Carter sought the vice presidential nomination in 1972. While he was fairly fresh as a Governor, I think it could've been an interesting ticket. Butterflying away the 'abortions, amnesty and acid' quip and...

It's known that John Hinckley, Jr. trailed Carter in the months leading up to the election before switching targets to the newly-inaugurated Ronald Reagan, leading to the well-known assassination attempt in March 1981. What if Hinckley took a chance at his original target and shot Carter? Would...

I had a discussion with somebody far more knowledgeable than me on the subject of history who suggested Eisenhower, hypothetically, could have tried to run for a third term despite his health problems. Would this affect the Democrats' choice in candidate? Would Eisenhower be popular enough to...

Um, this might've been done before. I'm really new to this whole thing. During the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy finds himself unable to escape his submerged car, and is trapped inside the vehicle, dying inside with Mary Jo Kopechne and not being discovered until the...