danieldlmn Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 There was a Scenario done like this in the past call Battle royal but now that we have pirmaries I think it will make it a little more intresting. Well we take 16 of the top democratic President and 16 of the top republican president put them though pirmaries. The Issues in the game could range form revolution time to now. Then who ever comes out on top during the pirmaries faces each other in the general. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danieldlmn Posted December 4, 2006 Author Share Posted December 4, 2006 Suggestion for Candidates for both side would be helpful and issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieRaygun04 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I love this idea! I'll try to think of some issues once I'm done with my Government paper. Candidates though? My suggestions would be as follows (if you just want Presidents): Republican: Ronald Reagan Abraham Lincoln Teddy Roosevelt William McKinley Dwight Eisenhower Richard Nixon Calvin Coolidge Democrat: FDR JFK Wilson Jackson Clinton LBJ Jefferson Might be worthwhile to include the Federalists and Whigs too. This really is a great idea though. Finally I can fulfill my P4E vision of running Reagan against FDR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrellk Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I think this sounds like a really fun scenario to run. Some other suggestions for candidates who might want a chance to prove (or act upon) their potential greatness to the party. They should start the race lagging in the polls: Republicans: Hoover Bush, Sr. For fun with the republicans you could throw in GW Bush. He's going to be a prominent force in the republican party for a long time to come, so he'd be good but should probably start really far behind the others. Dems: Carter Truman I think Gore should be in here, too. Although he never got to serve as president, he was a fairly active Veep and actually won the national election in 2000 before losing on a technicality. I'll think of some issues later, but thats what I've got for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieRaygun04 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 he was a fairly active Veep and actually won the national election in 2000 before losing on a technicality. A technicality? You mean Article I of the U.S. Constitution? As for issues, here's some that I can think of: Trade (Tariffs and Free Trade) Taxes (Income, Sales, etc.) Suffrage Prohibition/Temperance Race (Slavery, Segregation, Affirmative Action) Foreign Policy (Interventionist vs. Isolationist) UN/League of Nations Welfare State (Social Security, Medicare, etc.) Abortion I'll try to think of more later (along with some issue stances). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrdie Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 A technicality? You mean Article I of the U.S. Constitution? Technicality is kind of a wrong word for it, but he did get more votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrellk Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Right, yeah. My bad. Technicality was the wrong word. I think Unions would also be a good issue to debate since the US wasn't very fond of them when they first started popping up all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danieldlmn Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 These are the candidate that I came up with for battle of the ages. if you have any ideas let me know! Republican Candidates: George Washington Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt William McKinley Dwight D. Eisenhower Gerald R. Ford Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Calvin Coolidge Ulysses S. Grant William Howard Taft Democratic Candidates: Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson John Adams Grover Cleveland Woodrow Wilson Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry S. Truman John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbackclinton01 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 These are the candidate that I came up with for battle of the ages. if you have any ideas let me know!Republican Candidates: George Washington Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt William McKinley Dwight D. Eisenhower Gerald R. Ford Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Calvin Coolidge Ulysses S. Grant William Howard Taft Democratic Candidates: Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson John Adams Grover Cleveland Woodrow Wilson Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry S. Truman John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton Nice, although Adams was a Federalist which, at the time of Adams and Jefferson, was the opposition to Jefferson's Democrat-Republican (modern day Democratic) party. I would suggest taking Adams off and adding Polk and Buchanan (hey, he was terrible, but it'd be fun to try to win as him). Just my two cents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimservo Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Nice, although Adams was a Federalist which, at the time of Adams and Jefferson, was the opposition to Jefferson's Democrat-Republican (modern day Democratic) party. I would suggest taking Adams off and adding Polk and Buchanan (hey, he was terrible, but it'd be fun to try to win as him). Just my two cents... The Federalists were the more conservative (in the traditional use of the word) of the two original factions and lineage-wise is probably traces back closer to the Republicans then the Democrats (although it is not perfect obviously, with all the party splintering and such). Then again the GOP is already loaded with candidates in that list, and it doesn't make a lot of sense to have only a couple of federalists and a few Whigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Maybe all time 3rd party candidates, too. Lump 'em all into one Independent Party. George Wallace Ralph Nader Ross Perot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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