AHC: Father/Son Ticket For US President

[CandyDragon]

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, would be to plausibly arrange for a successful father/son presidential ticket within a recognizable, plausible 'democratic,' United States, with a PoD of 1800 or later. Bonus points if the son is running for president while the father is running for VP.

 

[Turek]

John and John Quincy Adams or George HW and Dubya are the most plausible. Maybe an Adlai Stevenson II/III?

 

[606jae]

to be plausible they also need to be from seperate states

 

[Turek]

to be plausible they also need to be from seperate states

One of them could pull a Dick Cheney and move to Wyoming.

 

[brunohusker]

One of them could pull a Dick Cheney and move to Wyoming.

Maybe Old man bush could move back to somewhere in New England so W. can be the Veep.

 

[CP11]

Ron Paul and Rand Paul on some sort of independant/third party ticket?

 

[The Red]

Ron Paul and Rand Paul on some sort of independant/third party ticket?

I'd agree with this, it's quite doable outside of the two-party system, presumably some obscure third party has already done it.

 

[pternagy]

Ron Paul and Rand Paul on some sort of independant/third party ticket?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Although a Biden and Biden ticket is only a few miles into the ASB zone if both get particularly ambitious by 2016 and one of them Cheney's himself out of Delaware.

 

[Dathi THorfinnsson]

Not father son, but how about Hilary and Chelsea in '16?

 

[Evan]

Not father son, but how about Hilary and Chelsea in '16?

Or Bill/Hilary in '92?
(though that's not father-son either.)

Or is there any chance of getting John Adams / John Quincy Adams? The chronology would be a real pain, and you'd probably need to remove the Revolution of 1800...

 

[Turek]

Or Bill/Hilary in '92?
(though that's not father-son either.)

Or is there any chance of getting John Adams / John Quincy Adams? The chronology would be a real pain, and you'd probably need to remove the Revolution of 1800...

Have John bounce back in 1804 and use John Quincy the fledgling diplomat as veep. Calls of nepotism would be huge, though.

 

[CandyDragon]

Not father son, but how about Hilary and Chelsea in '16?

It would require Chelsea to be more active in politics from an earlier age, and would require a favorable conception of Bill as well. I think that's even more interesting than a father-son ticket though.

 

[Parterre]

Why not a husband-wife ticket?

 

[CandyDragon]

Why not a husband-wife ticket?

I think we've had threads on those before-- though of course, we've probably had threads like this before. This was just something that popped into my head.

 

[WXL1815]

Teddy Roosevelt never goes to South America. So a fit and well Teddy runs in 1920 with WWI hero Teddy Junior as VP. Teddy could run from any state he was choose as he had had 8 years to relocate since his last election.

 

[Turek]

It would require Chelsea to be more active in politics from an earlier age, and would require a favorable conception of Bill as well. I think that's even more interesting than a father-son ticket though.

Bill Clinton averaged a 55% approval rating during his time in office, had a 70% approval rating during the high point of the Lewinsky scandal, and left office with the highest end-of-term approval rating since FDR. Additionally, he only had an approval rating below 40% once, at the very beginning of his time in office.

I think he's reasonably well liked.

 

[CandyDragon]

Bill Clinton averaged a 55% approval rating during his time in office, had a 70% approval rating during the high point of the Lewinsky scandal, and left office with the highest end-of-term approval rating since FDR. Additionally, he only had an approval rating below 40% once, at the very beginning of his time in office.

I think he's reasonably well liked.

I don't disagree in the slightest. I'm saying people would have to see Bill Clinton as a wonderful pile of wonderfulness if they're going to get Hilary and Chelsea in at the same time.

 

[Dathi THorfinnsson]

Why not a husband-wife ticket?

Trying to maintain with a straight face that a married couple lives in two different states would be .... difficult.

 

[Emperor Julian]

Trying to maintain with a straight face that a married couple lives in two different states would be .... difficult.

They could both be from Vermont or Wyoming or some other state with only 3 electoral votes which wouldn't make a difference if they voted for a different vice president.

 

[Evan]

Trying to maintain with a straight face that a married couple lives in two different states would be .... difficult.

They could buy a plot of land right on the state line and build their house so it goes right through the center of the bedroom... okay, you're right. Unless they're to all practical extents separated, but that in and of itself would probably sink their chances.

Another idea: An unmarried President and Vice-President, of opposite sexes, get married in office.