Statistically speaking former U.S. Senators that run for president have very little chance of becoming president. Kerry, Gore, Mondale,Dole, McGovern, Humphrey, Goldwater, and the list goes on and on. The last U.S. Senator to become a U.S. President was JFK in 1960. It was basically a fluke and the trend continues way back in history. Is the democrat leadership just inept or do they not want to win?
2006-07-03 19:28:38 · 8 answers · asked by supermontage1975 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Thanks for the minor correction. John Kerry is technically still a U.S. Senator despite his painful loss and total inability to get a bill through congress.
2006-07-03 19:35:35 · update #1
LBJ didn't run for president he became president upon the death of JFK. He was re-elected, not elected to the presidency. As for your assumption that I implied this only applied to democrats note that I included names of failed republican senators who aspired to be president. Any confusion on your part is of your own doing to try to sound cute.
2006-07-03 20:24:00 · update #2
The issue is that senators aren't a good place to look for presidential canidates since this my question. As you foolishly point out exactly my point by your comments while at the same time trying to pretend you came up with the idea. I will define the point of the question.
2006-07-03 20:27:06 · update #3
Wow Sherlock you just figured out Goldwater is a republican. Would if fascinate you to know that Hillary Clinton campaigned for him and later switched parties.
2006-07-03 20:28:45 · update #4
The need to stop running democrats. The liberal agenda has ruined the party.
•attack American traditions, specifically Christian traditions and the traditional American family
•engage in "get-even" policies that support discrimination when it benefits historically disadvantaged groups
•punish and/or discourage achievement through taxation and fiscal policies
•use the rulings of the Judicial branch of the government as de facto law, irrevocable by anything short of Constitutional amendment or a future court ruling, thus bypassing the legislative process. Roe V. Wade is the most frequently cited example of "judicial activism". (48,000,000 million dead and counting)
•weaken the military strength and morale of the country by vilifying the practice of armed combat and hesitating to use force when it appears necessary
•use regulatory bodies over private enterprise to accomplish social goals and restrict competition (government, education, labor)
•establish secular and progressive social policy, including support for gay marriage, abortion, liberal drug policy, euthanasia and prostitution legalization.
•implement a foreign policy supporting the protection of human rights and multiculturalism through activism, social intervention and violence (social anarchism).
2006-07-03 19:34:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good answer dumbsh*t (to the first response). I think his point is just generally that Senators do poorly in presidential elections, and obviously if one got elected, then he would be a former U.S. Senator.
He is also right about that. Bush was not a Senator, Clinton was a former governor. The older Bush had been vice President.
I forget what the deal was with Carter. Ford was a vice president, after a Fashion anyway. Reagan was a former governor. I think Nixon was the governor of California. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Senators are boring.
You wouldn't be a Senator unless you had a stomach for sitting in the legislature listening and giving dull mindless speaches all day long.
I really do think that has a lot to do with it.
Senators are about the closest thing to a kind of boring old world governing elite that we have, and they are always the most boring people.
Representatives are usually younger and more enthusiastic, people from outside of governent seem like a fresh face, etc. etc. etc. but Senators are as entrenched as they come.
The heads of the parties are unable to see how uninspiring this is for the general population and so the Senator seems like a good choice to them, but he is the person least likely to be able to energize a significant portion of the population.
2006-07-04 02:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you mention Senators who were Vice Presidents when they ran and lost- HHH and Walter Mondale. They also "lost" with Governor Dukakis and won with Governor Clinton. To further cloud the point you cite Republican Senators such as Dole and Goldwater. Also JFK was not the last Democratic Senator to become President- LBJ was. JFK was the last Senator to be directly elected to the Presidency. The Republicans have not been successful in electing Senators directly to the Presidency either. The last was Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio in 1920 and he defeated the Democratic Governor of Ohio- Cox.
2006-07-04 02:40:13 · answer #3 · answered by Mannie H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kerry Isn't a former Senator HE is currently a Senator!
HE never gave up his seat in the Senate while he was running for president! WASTE of tax payers money!!!
2006-07-04 02:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by jennifersuem 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goldwater was a Republican.
2006-07-04 03:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by answer faerie, V.T., A. M. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should run governers
2006-07-04 02:31:43 · answer #6 · answered by Pseudo Obscure 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't how
2006-07-04 02:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAHAHAHAHA ! GOOD QUESTION.
2006-07-04 02:33:23 · answer #8 · answered by cheeky chic 379 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋