Make an election map between you and the last two posters.

[America Needs R'hllor]

I can't imagine a scenario where I run against Razze as an independent, so here's a fun one:
It's 1980. The Communist Party has ruled the U.S. for the past four years, ever since their shocking victories in the 1974 midterms and the 1976 Presidential election. However, America's democracy is strong and its constitution still stands- the Communists tried, but did not yet manage to overturn it and turn the U.S. into an autocracy. Sensing the need, the pro-democracy, liberal forces in the country merge into the Democratic-Republican Party. Now, in 1980, the primary is heating up to decide who will face President Gus Hall in the general election. There are three candidates: TCG (DR-GA), running as a staunch conservative in the mold of the imprisoned Ronald Reagan, promising to strike down Communism in any means necessary and erase the past four years completely. Parrotguy (DR-NY) is running from the (relative) center, promising to combat Communism and make sure the U.S. remains a liberal democracy, but agreeing to keep some of the "achievements" of President Hall like universal healthcare and some of the free education system. Razze (DR-FL) is running from the party's relative left, promising to return the U.S. to liberal democracy but also advocating for a social democratic system, agreeing to keep some of what Hall did (more than Parrotguy) and allowing the Communist Party to remain legal (the other two want to outlaw it). This is the primary map:

The convention is tense from the start. Razze and Parrotguy strike a deal, as the latter endorses the former in exchange for a spot on the ticket. Trying to prevent a conservative revolt, the three candidates hold a meeting in which Parrotguy assures TCG that he will make sure America remains a fundamentally capitalist nation while Razze offers him the SoS spot. Seeing the grave need to combat the communists, TCG agrees and endorses the ticket, campaigning for it vigorously. As a bonus, general election map:

Razze (DR-FL)\Parrotguy (DR-NY): 47.8%, 277 electoral votes ✓
President Gus Hall (CP-OH)\Vice President Jarvis Tyner (CP-NY): 45.4%, 261 electoral votes
Others (mainly conservative and socialist 3rd parties): 6.8%

Yay, the country is saved, now we can keep fighting I'm not saying TCG should make the next post in a 1988 general election between Vice President Parrotguy and himself, but he totally should

[America Needs R'hllor]

Continuing the Communist takeover scenario I wrote from a few posts before.

It's 1984, and the country is saved from communism. President Razze is running for reelection, but the economy is still in turmoil from the four years of communism and society is even in more of a turmoil. The President refused to outlaw the communist party, however, his Vice President (me) teamed up with conservatives and moderates in congress to pass an amendment outlawing this party, along with nazi ones, overriding Razze's veto. As a response, Parrotguy is dumped from the ticket in 1984 and replaced by Senator George McGovern, accused (mostly wrongly) by many as a communist apologist. TCG, the Conservative candidate from 1980 who endorsed the Democratic-Republican ticket of Razze\Parrotguy, is running again, this time as nominee of the reestablished Republican Party. Parrotguy announces an independent bid, teaming up with a moderate Republican, frustrated by his party's rightward turn, John B. Anderson. But this mostly causes a fracture between social-democrats and liberals\moderates, allowing Republicans a decisive (though not huge, given Razze's popularity and the reluctant support he received from voters of the former Communist Party) win:

Senator TCG\Senator Howard Baker- 40.3%, 283 Electoral Votes ✓
President Razze\Senator George McGovern- 169 37.6%, Electoral Votes
Vice President Parrotguy\Representative John B. Anderson- 21.2%, 86 Electoral Votes