# Presidential March Madness, Round III **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 2, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036 "2009-03-02T18:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/1 "2009-03-02T18:17:35Z")
Some surprises (to me anyway) in the second round. The rules remain the same. Pick one choice in each match-up (based on whatever criteria you want). The winners advance to the next round. You can cast your votes for this round until Thursday at 11:00 pm (EST). The Democratic Conference Barack Obama vs John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt vs Harry S Truman The Republican Conference Barry Goldwater vs Gerald Ford Thomas Dewey vs Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/2 "2009-03-02T18:22:39Z")
Kennedy Roosevelt Goldwater Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/3 "2009-03-02T18:29:57Z")
Dems Barack Obama Franklin D. Roosevelt Pubs Barry Goldwater Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/4 "2009-03-02T19:06:34Z")
My criteria: overall awesomeness as a leader and a person. The Democratic Conference Barack Obama vs **John F. Kennedy** (close call) Franklin D. Roosevelt vs **Harry S Truman** (also close) The Republican Conference **Barry Goldwater** vs Gerald Ford (no contest) Thomas Dewey vs **Dwight Eisenhower** (Well, Dewey was a gangbusting prosecutor, but it’s hard to overcome the victor of D-Day and the Crusade in Europe) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/5 "2009-03-02T20:39:12Z")
The Democratic Conference John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt The Republican Conference Gerald Ford Dwight Eisenhower Joe ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/6 "2009-03-02T20:41:32Z")
Kennedy Roosevelt Goldwater Eisenhower (I expect this one to come down to Eisenhower vs. FDR) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/7 "2009-03-02T23:23:14Z")
The Democratic Conference Barack Obama vs John F. Kennedy Franklin D. Roosevelt vs Harry S Truman The Republican Conference Barry Goldwater vs Gerald Ford Thomas Dewey vs Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/8 "2009-03-02T23:34:18Z")
Barack Obama Harry S Truman Barry Goldwater Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/9 "2009-03-02T23:42:52Z")
The Democratic Conference Barack Obama vs John F. Kennedy Tough one – the former is six weeks into his first term. Way too early to say how good he is overall. But – Barack Obama Franklin D. Roosevelt The Republican Conference Barry Goldwater Dwight Eisenhower ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/10 "2009-03-02T23:50:55Z")
Barack Obama Franklin D. Roosevelt Gerald Ford Thomas Dewey ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/11 "2009-03-06T07:05:25Z")
Heading into the semi-finals. The Democratic Conference John F. Kennedy 5 Barack Obama 4 Franklin D. Roosevelt 7 Harry S Truman 2 The Republican Conference Barry Goldwater 7 Gerald Ford 2 Dwight Eisenhower 8 Thomas Dewey 1 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-march-madness-round-iii/488036/12 "2009-03-06T07:08:41Z")
New thread is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10909698#post10909698).