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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:00 AM Original message |
To all of those who say that a Senator can't win the presidency |
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NoodleBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. what happens if you count Humphry and Mondale as Senators? |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. they were former senators. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They weren't senators though |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. thank you. The only person who has "won", by a hundred thousand votes |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Again, I'm not saying that we can't have a Governor |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Bullshit. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 03:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Did I mention Feingold in the OP? |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. wow |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Statistics have only have meaning insofar as they |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Governors aren't outsiders in this day and age though |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Senators that became Presidents |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. THe current candidates also have done more than be Senators |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. But JFK had to run against a good economy |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Its not that they can't win. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. So can Governorships |
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nickshepDEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Governors have more wiggle room. They are not tied to a YES or NO vote. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. You forgot FDR |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No I included FDR |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Very interesting indeed. |
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leyton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. Excellent points, especially about the open seat. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Kick |
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PeaceProgProsp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Senators have only been popularly elected for less than 100 yrs. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-05 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. This group of Senators is pretty lame. Why would you want any of them? |
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