Talk:Jere Cooper

"Note:Jere Cooper is not named, but in OTL, he was the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee."

You sure? Didn't Robert Doughton outrank him?

"There is no reason why this shouldn't be the case in The Man With the Iron Heart."

Sure there is. Democrats fell all over the place in Truman's midterm election. It was a bad for them as it was for the Republicans in '06 and '08--and in both years quite a few very senior, very prominent party warhorses were undone.

That being said, I'm content to leave it be, though I am curious about why we're ignoring Doughton, who was almost Dean of the House by then--unless he too fell in '46.

By the way, ever wonder how a non-entity like Duncan was before McGraw convinced him to take the lead on cutting and running got into Ways and Means? Turtle Fan 04:10, 25 February 2009 (UTC)