Talk:Nixon's Early Resignation

Constitutional Amendment
Good premise and an interesting TL! One point - a Constitutional amendment would likely be required to change the election cycle, since the term of office for president is Constitutionally set at four years. This move would also (perhaps unintentionally) drive America's political system closer to a parliamentary model, since the president would be elected always in the same year as the (previously) "off-year" congressional elections, making a good part of two branches of government would be elected at the same time (though a second round of Congressional elections would still occur two years into the president's term, and senators would of course still be at six-year terms.) That would actually be an interesting change, and perhaps 20 years into the experiment, someone would propose a FULL parliamentary switch-over, as a remedy to the rise of an "Imperial Presidency". I commend you for showing previously "obscure" candidates rising in the ranks to higher office, like Caperton. That is extremely plausible and most TL writers forget that as time goes on, minor changes to the TL mean major changes to all aspects of life. Nhprman 19:57, 19 February 2006 (UTC)