Just out of curiosity, why Teddy R? Most republicans like him.
He was a NorthEast “Progressive”. Like the Bushies and Nelson Rockefeller.
Never forget that TR was a jingo and (more damnably) a committed, enthusiastic eugenicist. A proto-nazi, IMHO.
A Big Government Man. Also, changed us from kind of a down-home Republic into a big international empire. A Progressive from the word go.
Not a team player ... that Bull Moose Crap gave us Wilson and WWI ... just as moose-crap Perot gave us Ole BJ Clinton. OTOH, TR was a for real .... if very loud ...American. Grandpa liked him. Grandma didn't, but the ladies hadn't the vote yet!