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Remember US history? John Quincy Adams? If Schroeder manages to keep his post through back-door dealing, it will be John Quincy Adams all over again. "A corrupt alliance." It would be painful for the left, very painful. A side of me hopes he succeeds.
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[Comparing US History with this Schroeder Potential]
[John Quincy] Adams, the candidate of the North, fell behind Gen. Andrew Jackson in both popular and electoral votes, but received more than William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. Since no candidate had a majority of electoral votes, the election was decided among the top three by the House of Representatives. Clay, who favored a program similar to that of Adams, threw his crucial support in the House to the New Englander.
Upon becoming President, Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of State. Jackson and his angry followers charged that a "corrupt bargain" had taken place and immediately began their campaign to wrest the Presidency from Adams in 1828.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja6.html