How do you get a scenario for an FDR vs TR matchup?
How do you get a scenario for an FDR vs TR matchup?
How do you get a scenario for an FDR vs TR matchup?
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ("Ted") doesn't campaign for Hoover while Governor of the Philippines. This pretty much scuttled his career there and wrecked his chances for political office.
He runs in 1940 against Cousin Franklin on preparedness and no foreign ties.
Bonus is the outgoing First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, grudgingly greeting the incoming First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. (That's right, Mrs. Ted was Eleanor Roosevelt.)
TR will still be pretty old by then. I dunno if he's up for the physical travails of a presidential campaign.
Family reunion and get together and Teddy ends up showing Franklin to throw punches in a makeshift boxing ring.
TR vs. FDR is ASB. FDR vs. TR Jr. is probably easier to pull off, but still is weird IMO. The office TR Jr. ran for in 1924 was the same his cousin would accede to four years later. Their fortunes seem relatively intertwined.
Although you could always do what Major said.