Which U.S. prez election campaign would have been the most fun to discuss on Atlas...

[Torie]

I'm surprised 2000 has not been mentioned more, with all those hanging chads, and endless projections of the vote count, then Gore's strategy of cherry picking three counties to recount, flopping out (Dade and Palm Beach net him next to nothing, with Dade then stopping the recount, when it came time to count the Cuban precincts), all the legal maneuvers, and so forth. I know I had a grand time back then as a Freeper.

[Torie]

I think 1976 might have produced some extremely interesting debate. The incumbent was appointed after a scandal and survived a challenge from the right that presaged the direction of the GOP. The challenger was in some ways an old-school southern Dem who got into hot water with remarks during the primary suggesting that the government should not force neighborhoods to integrate, and brought a strong view of religion informing his style of governance. It would interesting to see how today's Dems and Pubs came down as the race was progressing.

Ford carried Washtenaw County.