Can we get a constitutional amendment to bar people named "Bush" and "Clinton" from the presidency?

[tabbycat31]

66. I think he would have been defeated in 2008

As much as I loved his stances on the issue, a guy who cheats on his wife with cancer is not an attractive candidate to most people (although he can make a run for it years later and turn it on the media a la Newt) and would turn off a lot of voters. And I think those personal problems caused him a speaking gig at the DNC and a cabinet position (I would have loved to see him as AG).

Not sure what would have happened if the PTB knew about his problems earlier. I was just starting to seriously pay attention in primaries at the time (the 2008 presidential primary was my first primary, as I was unaffiliated before then and ineligible to vote in primaries).

John Edwards and Anthony Wiener are not the only candidates to go down in flames. Both of them had some very good positions and were politicians that I quite liked (I LOVED AW's speech on 9/11 first responders). But their problems were 100% self-inflicted and they can blame nobody but themselves for them. (I do question the double-standard when it comes to sex scandals though-- how can a guy like Vitter keep getting reelected and Wiener had to resign).

I'm all for getting more progressives elected, but as a candidate for anything you have to watch your personal behavior (and guys, keep it in your pants). I do really wonder if Warren can win though. I know two longtime Democratic voters in a reliably blue state who would not vote for her in the general because she's too liberal. I worry that she'd have a hard time carrying New York given her stance on Wall Street. (NY is a state that should not be in play).