Description acceptable. Increasing public speculation about this decision led political cartoonists to depict its central figure as the Sphinx. In the aftermath of this decision, a politician delighted crowds by repeatedly rhyming the names “Martin, Barton, and Fish.” The carefully stage-managed announcement of this decision included a crowd planted with slogan-chanting supporters, who were egged on by Ed Kelly loyalist Thomas Garry, the so-called “voice from the sewers.” This decision inspired the claim that “this is no ordinary time,” which titles Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography of its central figure. The fallout from this decision, which sank the political ambitions of James Farley and John Nance Garner, caused the passage of the 22nd Amendment. For 10 points, identify this decision that allowed an incumbent president to defeat Wendell Willkie in the 1940 election. ■END■
ANSWER: Franklin Delano Roosevelt running for a third term [accept Franklin Delano Roosevelt running in the 1940 presidential election until “1940” is read; accept FDR in place of “Roosevelt”; accept descriptions like more than two terms in place of “third term”; prompt on Franklin Delano Roosevelt running for President or FDR running for reelection or equivalents; reject answers that specify a “fourth term”] (Eleanor Roosevelt said, “This is no ordinary time” during a speech to quell dissent at the 1940 DNC.)
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