What if that junior senator was a republican, would you change your mind on his effectiveness?
2007-04-23 05:46:25 · 12 answers · asked by hichefheidi 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I have read many responses from the right saying that a junior senator could not be a party leader or a good president.
2007-04-23 05:48:49 · update #1
Fast Eddie, Lincoln was also a junior senator from illinois. Do I need to try harder than that?
2007-04-23 06:08:13 · update #2
Sorry, he was elected to the house of reps, and was a freshman congressman...
2007-04-23 06:57:09 · update #3
Why not? Lincoln had many, many hardships and his legacy endures.
The problem still is - tell me what good you will do for America - everyone knows you hate Bush. So What, what good are you going to be?
2007-04-23 05:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why would a junior Senator be any worse or any better than anyone else? The fact that the other senator from their state has more time in the Senate may mean nothing. If, for example, the senior Senator has served 3 terms, that is 18 years and the junior Senator has only served 2 terms which is 12 years does only 12 years of service mean someone is not able to handle a job? Even someone in an office barely 3 or 4 years may be the right person for the job. They have help. There are people hired to work with whoever is president to make things happen correctly.
2007-04-23 13:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, Lincoln was not elected Senator from Illinois. Douglas won in 1858, although senators were then elected by the state legislatures.
One needs to look at someone's whole record, and character, to determine whether a person is fit for office.
Being a junior senator does not automatically disqualify someone by any means.
2007-04-23 13:35:16 · answer #3 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know if any senator would make a good president. the last senator elected to the highest office in the land was jfk and while he is remembered as a very good president, he had a leg up on most people going into politics. it was, after all, his family's business...but most senators have no executive experience, they have never run anything before and especially not a country. that's why the vast majority of our presidents are those who have been governors or vice presidents..
2007-04-23 12:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
1 - Conceivably - whether or not a particular one succeeded it sure would be FUN to watch, wouldn't it? I mean, look at so-called executives like Carter and Clinton - Carter never did get it together and it took The World's Smartest Man six years before he got his sea legs under him. A junior Senator should be a scream!
2 - Puhleeze, try just a bit harder, ok?
2007-04-23 12:55:36 · answer #5 · answered by Fast Eddie B 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A junior senator is simply the senator who has been in the Senate for a shorter period of time than the other Senator from his/her state. If any president had served in the Senate at one time they had been a junior senator.
2007-04-23 12:51:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Senators by their nature don't make very good Presidents. Their job is to be very detail oriented. Presidents need to delegate athority and lead, not micro-manage.
2007-04-23 12:53:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Possibly. If he weren't an Oprah puppet with socialist aspirations.
2007-04-23 12:50:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, we can all see what inexperience brings to the table with the Bush Admin.
2007-04-23 12:49:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question.
Now ask how a drunk coke user who had to buy gentleman's C's at college, dodged the draft by using favoritism, and accepted massive voter fraud in two elections could ever make a good president?
2007-04-23 12:53:31 · answer #10 · answered by Floyd G 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋