History Stacked Against Third Democratic Term

[DonViejo]

Rhodes Cook: “The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee–whomever it turns out to be–will face resistance from recent history. Since the end of the 20-year Democratic run in the White House that began with Franklin D. Roosevelt and ended with Harry Truman, there have been six occasions when either major party could have extended its control of the White House to three terms. But this has happened only once: when Republican George H.W. Bush in 1988 won what some have called Ronald Reagan’s third term.”

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[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. And when they DO win (*cough* Gore *cough*) the voting machines are stacked against them.

[brooklynite]

6. No, they don't

It was BECAUSE of the Bush/Gore election problems that electronic voting machines were introduced.

[mmonk]

2. History is current, but not exactly as you think.

Nothing in our lifetimes is quite like this unless you want to go back to the early 1920's. We'll have to see.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Yeah, and presidential elections are much more demographically driven now .../NT

[groundloop]

3. The repubs linked Gore to Clinton ....

The repubs managed to whip up quite the feeding frenzy with the Monica affair, and managed to equate Al Gore to Bill Clinton. Additionally, a certain third party candidate may have drawn a few votes away from Gore.

So far the repubs seem to have struck out in their attempt to whip up a scandal associated with President Obama, thus they won't have nearly as much ammunition. They're trying desperately to turn Benghazzzzzzzzzi and/or email-gate into their scandal de jour, but thus fare don't seem to be having much luck.

I just don't see many similarities between now and when W 'won'.

[Proud Public Servant]

4. The real challenge is the 4th term

There haven't been back-to-back 2-term presidents from the same party since Madison and Monroe (1809-1825).

[FSogol]

5. Question: Was history stacked against an African American President?

We will take a third term and a fourth. It is imperative to rebuild the Supreme Court.

GOTV, DU.