This is the planning phase for "I Like Mondays" (you want it, contribute here). The problem is that these James Garfield lives threads never get far, which is why I ask for some commitment here in actually getting beyond five posts and a few comments on stalwart/halfbreed division, and one post of the "he'll need to get wounded for civil service reform to pass" deal. I need discussion on the gamut from successors to policies to political effects to how this all effects the rest of the world beyond the United States, etc.,etc. So what if James Garfield survives?