http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Reading about the 22 amendment I discovered that the ratification process seemed to slow down in the years 1949/50 but took up steam again in 1951 and the amendment became finally ratificated. That led me wonder, if the interest in the amendment waned for some time and if he even could failed under different circumstances. Lets assume Dewey gets elected in 1948. With the long dominance of the Democrats ended, would the Republicans in the states maybe lose interest in the amendment and develope an interest to keep the possibility of a third term for an republican president open?
Reading about the 22 amendment I discovered that the ratification process seemed to slow down in the years 1949/50 but took up steam again in 1951 and the amendment became finally ratificated. That led me wonder, if the interest in the amendment waned for some time and if he even could failed under different circumstances. Lets assume Dewey gets elected in 1948. With the long dominance of the Democrats ended, would the Republicans in the states maybe lose interest in the amendment and develope an interest to keep the possibility of a third term for an republican president open?