Douglas, Breckinridge and Lincoln and succession?

[Dr. Cynic]

Douglas' election would've delayed it, but it would ultimately happen in his Presidency if he lived.

Why would they with Breckinridge?... He represented their interests.

[Dr. Cynic]

Actually, Bell would've been a poor President... He was an elder statesman with really no political skill, and according to "Also Rans and Running Mates", he had a poor personality for the office. His party also had no policy towards anything, except to say "Preserve the union."

Also according to "History of Presidential Elections" by Eugene Roseboom, Bell's election would not have appeased the north or the south. He was not fit for the office... If you were voting for a moderate candidate, the one you should've supported in terms of fitness would've been Stephen Douglas. Of course Douglas died of cancer in June of the next year, so if he had been elected, no one knows how Herschel Johnson would've taken over the helm...

Now, StatesRights can say all he wants about it, I really don't care, because he's not gonna change my opinion. Lincoln was the right man at the right time.