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This is probably beyond my ability to achieve. So I'm calling for all tenders.

I want to write, in real time as it progresses, a TL of McCain's first term, over the next four years. At the moment, we'd be discussing cabinet appointments. The POD would have to be small -- as in, the US would have to closely approximate what it is at the moment in OTL. (I would accept a small-scale terrorist attack, but nothing larger.) And we -- that is, I and anyone who would join me -- would map out how his administration progresses.

People would submit their entries to me or an appointed neutral umpire, before posting. I really want Republicans to apply -- I don't want this to turn into 'senile McCain declares war on Spain, while Sarah Palin orders the Moose Genocide behind his back' by July. This would take four years -- it's highly unlikely to survive that long, but I think we should at least try.

This would be a large-scale project. We can't even plan it so far -- after all, we have no idea how the next four years will progress, much less how they would progress under different leadership. But it's a project bold enough, and with such potential, that I really think we should consider it.

Who will join me?
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