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Sun Jan-25-04 08:39 AM
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When was the last time a senator was Prez - from either party? |
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I don't know - does anybody else?
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:41 AM
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:43 AM
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3. Johnson was elected in 1964 |
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:08 AM
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13. the last time we ran one...... |
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Sun Jan-25-04 10:21 AM
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22. Wasn't McGovern a Senator? |
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Although his loss is probably not attributable only to that, if to that at all.
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:43 AM
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4. Yep. Wasn't LBJ a senator, though? |
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He got to be prez through JFK having been assasinated
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:49 AM
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8. but he was vice president |
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i'm assuming the poster was asking about someone who was senator when elected president which was not the case with johnson, and nixon.
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:42 AM
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2. I just posted the last time we elected a two-senator ticket... |
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Kennedy/ Johnson- both senators
Clinton no Bush no Reagan no Carter no Ford no Nixon no Johnson... He's the last, I think.
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:47 AM
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7. but johnson was vice president |
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i'm assuming the poster meant someone who was elected straight from senator. but yes, johnson was senator, and nixon was senator also. but both served as vice presidents before being elected president.
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:51 AM
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9. Correction: Nixon was elected to the US Senate , Ford was not... |
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In 1950 Nixon was elected to the US Senate. He won his candidate partly because of his attacks on his opponent of Helen Douglas claiming that her voting record in the House corresponded with the goals of the communist party.
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:16 AM
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15. Sorry. You're right about Nixon. |
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Sun Jan-25-04 10:22 AM
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23. Yeah but when he was elected |
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it was from the Vice-Presidency (Eisenhower) and a previous run for President (1960).
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:44 AM
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Edited on Sun Jan-25-04 08:51 AM by hlthe2b
Kennedy was, Johnson was, Ford Was, Nixon was....
On edit, Ford was Congressman and minority leader of the House-- not Senator
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:46 AM
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6. Wasn't Ford a Congressman? |
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I know it's early but I think he wasn't a Senator.
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:52 AM
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10. Yes, You're right... Ford was House Minority Leader, never a Senator |
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So, I guess the last to be President and also a Senator was Nixon?
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:54 AM
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11. Last elected directly from Senate would be JFK, but Nixon |
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was the last to serve as President, who had also served in the Senate.
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Sun Jan-25-04 08:54 AM
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12. It's been tough for sitting Senators |
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Edited on Sun Jan-25-04 08:55 AM by incapsulated
They are first: too familiar. People seem to want a "fresh face" for President. And second: painted with the dread "washington insider" tag, regardless of their record.
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:09 AM
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14. My next question is WHY do senators not get elected? Seems like the |
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"fresh face" doesn't seem a very strong argument - most people don't even know who the senator of their own state is.
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:16 AM
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They get the old "Washington Insider" treatment. And the Senators that run usually are recognizable by voters, they are generally the most senior and visible.
Since Regan, there has been a measurable decline in the lack of respect for those in the House and Senate, due mainly to the rethug tactic of painting them all as worthless do-nothings, obstrutors. People like their own representives, but everyone else is a jerk. This has had the effect, I believe, of making it difficult for a sitting Senator to run.
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Sun Jan-25-04 10:26 AM
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24. They don't get nominated much. |
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If I recall correctly, in recent history, only five Senators have been nominated: Kennedy, Goldwater, McGovern, and Dole. So one in four... and the other three were running against strong incumbents.
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Sun Jan-25-04 10:49 AM
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25. And you said it so well |
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:20 AM
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17. Some say they don't get elected... |
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Some say senators and congressmen have a tough time getting elected because they have to "play it safe" in their campaigns since they DON'T want to lose their day job in case the presidential thing doesn't pan out. They don't want to make enemies or burn bridges either because they'll have to go back to the usual "playing politics" if they lose.
Governors, in general, have much less to lose politically if they get aggressive in their campaigns, because they can return to state level politics without as many repercussions from campaign rhetoric.
Just recalling something I'd heard.
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:30 AM
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18. Although there is some truth to this |
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I'm sure it effects the campaigns somewhat but when was the last time a risk-taker with unconventional ideas was elected either?
Gore was hardly "out there" and he had nothing to lose. But he won the popular vote.
:shrug:
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:36 AM
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19. Why Senators have a tought time getting elected |
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Primarily, it's because being a Senator is all about mastering the art of compromise. "I'll vote for your bill if you'll vote for mine." Well, that's great, you got your bill passed, but in the meantime, there's a vote for that other bill floating out there, and in ten years it's going to look suspicious all by itself.
Governors have to do some compromising, but they can have their party in the legislature do most of it, removing them a step or two.
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:50 AM
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21. Edwards hasn't been in office long enough to get that tarnish |
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Seems to me that if the argument is for a fresh face, he'd win hands down.
I don't know of anything that has distinguished him in the Senate. That's not a bash or anything -- just an observation that he's basically an unknown, similar to Dean, for most people (relative to Lieberman or Kerry, or even Kucinich or Sharpton).
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Sun Jan-25-04 10:57 AM
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26. Edwards has distinguished himself in the Senate in his short time there |
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Among other things:
1. Sponsored the Patients' Bill of Rights
2. Although he'd only been in the Senate a few weeks, he was a key defender in the Clinton impeachment trial, using his vast lawyering skills to handle the depositions and other matters.
3. Exemplary performance on the Judiciary Committee. It doesn't get a lot of publicity, but he has blocked - sometimes singlehandedly while getting bashed in North Carolina for it - bad judges and been instrumental in keeping the Democrats together on the nominations filibusters. He is so good that in 2002, after the Dems losing the Senate would have meant that he lost his seat on the Committee, civil rights, women's, disability, and environmental groups begged Daschle to disregard the seniority rules and keep him on the Committee. He did.
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Sun Jan-25-04 11:18 AM
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28. excellent, informative post--thanks, B! |
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Sun Jan-25-04 11:18 AM
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29. that's a very good point--hadn't thought of that |
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:39 AM
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Governors have the ability to tout their "executive experience" and leadership ability. They can take sole credit (usually undeserved, btw) for a lot of things that a Senator can only say he "voted for".
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Sun Jan-25-04 11:16 AM
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27. GHW Bush's highest pre-Pres. elected office was a Rep. |
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He was defeated in Senate runs.
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