# What's Adlai Stevenson's remaining realistic path to the nomination? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 27, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382 "2020-03-27T00:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/1 "2020-03-27T00:49:21Z")
Inquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/2 "2020-03-27T00:52:33Z")
_golf clap_ Stranger ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/3 "2020-03-27T00:53:30Z")
I think Generalissimo Franco has to drop out and endorse him first. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/4 "2020-03-27T01:12:37Z")
I await the “Should Adams take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment?” thread with the greatest anticipation anticipation. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/5 "2020-03-27T01:21:14Z")
True progressives know that Hubert Humphrey and Wayne Morse will knock each other out in the primaries, leaving the path clear for either John F. Kennedy, or possibly for Lyndon Johnson via the smoke-filled room corruption. Since both Kennedy and Johnson are equivalent to Richard Nixon, the only hope for the country is for Adlai to bolt the Democrats and run as a third-party candidate like Henry Wallace did in 1948, and force the election to the House of Representatives. . . Oh, wait. I think there’s a flaw in my logic. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/6 "2020-03-27T01:48:25Z")
Stevenson should pivot the campaign and focus on attacking Hillary Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/7 "2020-03-27T02:02:11Z")
Leave my cousin out of this. No kidding. I’m a Stevenson on my mom’s side. Off to The Pit. You know you want it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/8 "2020-03-27T09:06:07Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Leave my cousin out of this. > > No kidding. I’m a Stevenson on my mom’s side. > > Off to The Pit. You know you want it. 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/9 "2020-03-27T09:28:01Z")
Well, he’s got the Chicago vote locked up. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/10 "2020-03-27T10:01:25Z")
Even though his campaign manager, Richard J. Daley, promised to deliver votes from the Chicago cemeteries, the so-called _Walking Dead_ lane, nationwide polling indicate Stevenson doesn’t have a ghost of a chance at the nomination. (darn you **Little Nemo** for beating me to the theme) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/11 "2020-03-27T10:16:30Z")
This is _definitely_ Stassen’s year. ---
**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 27, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/12 "2020-03-27T10:24:53Z")
He just needs to balance the ticket with a running mate, like Walter Mondale, who’s comparatively healthy and vigorous. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/13 "2020-03-27T11:05:08Z")
Bravo! BRAVO! What a great way to start the morning. I even managed not to spray coffee. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/14 "2020-03-27T11:47:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > He just needs to balance the ticket with a running mate, like Walter Mondale, who’s comparatively healthy and vigorous. Nobody, _nobody_ is going to drive the youth vote like George McGovern. Without him and the kids, the Democrats have zero chance. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/15 "2020-03-27T12:58:39Z")
So Adlai Stevenson III is 89 now, even older than Biden. I don’t think his chances are very good. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/16 "2020-03-27T13:20:59Z")
I’m a Pat Paulsen man through and through - if I can’t vote for him, I’m not voting. **"Paulsen or Poop" 2020!** ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/17 "2020-03-27T13:33:16Z")
My vote is going to Stephen Douglas this election, we must embrace the Freeport Doctrine! ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/18 "2020-03-27T14:09:36Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Nobody, _nobody_ is going to drive the youth vote like George McGovern. Without him and the kids, the Democrats have zero chance. With him at the top of the ticket, it’s gonna be a blowout. Can hardly wait! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/19 "2020-03-27T14:15:33Z")
What’s Eugene V. Debs up to these days? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382/20 "2020-03-27T14:16:18Z")
Just wondering (serious for a moment). Will the GOP _ever_ nominate a true statesman again, in the mold of Ike say? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-adlai-stevensons-remaining-realistic-path-to-the-nomination/850382.md?page=2)