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Tue May 9, 2023, 07:25 PM

Has there been a general election loser coming back and get the party nomination again?

In recent history, I can't recall any candidate who loses in the general election comes back and becomes the nominee again. Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, Mitten all didn't seek another chance. Usually, the party that lost would do some soul searching for why they lost and find a new candidate.

Is TFG defying history again? I can't help but think it's a cult more and more each day. I guess the whole stolen election thing kept him as the center of attention and never gave a chance for people to do the soul searching needed. Other candidate usually stay quiet and let the party do it's thing.

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Reply Has there been a general election loser coming back and get the party nomination again? (Original post)
Claustrum May 2023 OP
blogslug May 2023 #1
elleng May 2023 #4
Claustrum May 2023 #6
Bristlecone May 2023 #8
MacKasey May 2023 #2
DFW May 2023 #3
TexasTowelie May 2023 #5
Walleye May 2023 #7
In It to Win It May 2023 #9
Freddie May 2023 #11
First Speaker May 2023 #10
ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #12
Kaleva May 2023 #13

Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:27 PM

1. Yes

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Response to blogslug (Reply #1)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:28 PM

4. OYE!

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Response to blogslug (Reply #1)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:33 PM

6. Thanks.

The parallel is uncanny. The republicans really have no idea how ironically this is. They are repeating the same mistake they did with Nixon.

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Response to blogslug (Reply #1)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:38 PM

8. This made me laugh.

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Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:27 PM

2. Nixon lost in 1960 and won in 1968

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Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:28 PM

3. There was this guy named Nixon about 55 years ago............

The Republican Party is no longer hindered by a soul to search.

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Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:32 PM

5. William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson are a couple that come to mind. nt

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Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #5)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:34 PM

7. I remember Adley Stevenson losing the second time

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Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:44 PM

9. Grover Cleveland... lost reelection and then ran again after losing

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Response to In It to Win It (Reply #9)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:57 PM

11. And then won

That’s the scariest precedent of all.

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Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 07:48 PM

10. Dewey lost to FDR in 1944 and won the nomination in 1948...

...and lost again, to everyone's astonishment...

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Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Wed May 10, 2023, 03:07 AM

12. Adlai Stevenson

Lost as POTUS in 1952 and 1960

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Response to Claustrum (Original post)

Wed May 10, 2023, 04:33 AM

13. Cleveland. Served a term, lost , won again to serve another term.

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