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marylandblue

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5. It's not an absolute, but since Carter, governors have done better than Senators.
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:28 AM
Mar 2019

And 2008, we had two Senators running against each other, one much more dynamic than the other. What if the Republicans had a run a young dynamic governor against our young dynamic Senator?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
I'm so glad we ran Gov. Obama lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #1
good point! CTyankee Mar 2019 #2
And Gov. Bush made a great president dalton99a Mar 2019 #4
He may have gotten elected due to his past governorship of Texas but he effed up royally CTyankee Mar 2019 #6
It's not an absolute, but since Carter, governors have done better than Senators. marylandblue Mar 2019 #5
Who knows? I'm sure the author of this piece would say the the Republicans would then stand a CTyankee Mar 2019 #8
sample size is too small lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #12
Good point, but nonetheless, there is a theme since Carter marylandblue Mar 2019 #15
Reagan pushed the "Federal Government Bad" meme lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #18
For their second term, incumbent advantage usually takes over, plus marylandblue Mar 2019 #20
The key phrase is "long time." Garrett78 Mar 2019 #21
(on paper) they ran a young dynamic governor for VP in 2008 crazycatlady Mar 2019 #36
LOL. Best governor Illinois ever had still_one Mar 2019 #10
Governor Lincoln would beg to differ! - n/t lapfog_1 Mar 2019 #13
This could go on for a while I think. So much for the NY Times editorial still_one Mar 2019 #23
lol.. I forget.. was Obama Gov of Illinois Cha Mar 2019 #28
We have a great governor running, Jay Inslee could take out Trump easy. Autumn Mar 2019 #3
I think it is worth it to take another look at Inslee, which I will do. CTyankee Mar 2019 #7
Plenty of room on the bandwagon. BlueWI Mar 2019 #11
While I'm disappointed that ONCE AGAIN we have to say to women "Sorry, not your turn yet... CTyankee Mar 2019 #24
Electing a female president is extremely important. BlueWI Mar 2019 #27
I think we have to be clear: just because I want to vote for a woman for president doesn't CTyankee Mar 2019 #30
All but a few agree with that. I am hoping Gov. Inslee Hortensis Mar 2019 #33
We need to stop with any kind of conventional wisdom... doompatrol39 Mar 2019 #9
I think we can look at history, but we have to look at the right history. marylandblue Mar 2019 #17
i, for one, could not fathom why Trump won. I went to bed on that election night thinking HRC CTyankee Mar 2019 #25
What's your plan, then? Squinch Mar 2019 #31
I'm not saying I have one... doompatrol39 Mar 2019 #34
So discard experience because things change and experience might not always give us the answer. Squinch Mar 2019 #35
What are you talking about? doompatrol39 Mar 2019 #39
Inslee, Hickenlooper, Bullock brooklynite Mar 2019 #14
Look at recent history Freddie Mar 2019 #16
Inslee's a great candidate. BlueStater Mar 2019 #19
Decline in governorship numbers really damaged our bench Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #22
Maybe this LTTE will be discussed further in the NYT over the weekend and, hopefully, here CTyankee Mar 2019 #26
I like all of our incumbent senatorial candidates Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #29
Would love to see a political analysis about why this is true, but it is true. McCamy Taylor Mar 2019 #32
You could also run a Vice President and be done with it. nt UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #37
I'm suprised no one has mentioned President Dukakis. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #38
Excellent point! CTyankee Mar 2019 #40
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