It remains that Reagan could have gone three. His VP could then have been elected, or taken over, once Alzheimer’s was evident, and run a reelection campaign later.

This would also allow time for Clinton to screw up in Arkansas (though likely unreported to the masses, since it wouldn't be a national calamity), and possibly keep him out of the national arena. Argument against this, of course, is that there would always be someone else grooming in the wings.

But another someone else could be the ex-VP's son, and here we are today.

It's all speculative (sometime you have to say that for the Bowsers of the world to better understand), but still a real possibility. And as for controlling the man/woman at the helm during a “long?” 6-year term, the people still have voices, and they still have representatives to vote those voices.

When I said party control, I was referring to the parties controlling the elections (i.e., Florida [no matter how you look at it, the election there was screwed] & NJ [no matter how you look at it, the election there was screwed]), not the people.

Dan