Benjamin G. Thurman is the 60th and incumbent President of the United States. Be began his career in the in the 2060s as an labor lawyer with the United Autoworkers in Michigan, where he met a young and charismatic labor organizer named Douglas Grayson. Thurman became one of Grayson's closest confidants and advisors, serving as his legal counsel when Grayson was the Secretary of the National Planning Commission in the 2070s. After Grayson was elected President of the United States in 2080, Thurman suceeded him as President of the United Autoworkers and then followed Grayson to Washington. He became a top Washington insider and one of the most powerful men in D.C., serving in various roles with the Grayson and Oldfield presidencies and the the Democratic Party. He managed Grayson's presidential campaigns in 2080, 2084 and 2104. He served as the Secretary of the National Planning Commission in the early 22nd century, and remained a powerful and influential insider--he shaped the AFL-CIO's influence on the Democratic Party, marrying the two instutitons tightly, and it was this influence that lead him to win the Democratic nomination in 2132. Thurman spent the 2120s in the wilderness as a Democratic strategist, and intended to run for President in 2128 but a heart attack sidelined him, but he ran in 2132 and won the Democratic nomination easily and later the general election.