Tue May 9, 2023, 07:25 PM
Claustrum (4,777 posts)
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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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 blogslug (Reply #1)
Tue May 9, 2023, 07:33 PM
Claustrum (4,777 posts)
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
Bristlecone (9,829 posts)
8. This made me laugh.
Response to Claustrum (Original post)
Tue May 9, 2023, 07:27 PM
MacKasey (906 posts)
2. Nixon lost in 1960 and won in 1968
Response to Claustrum (Original post)
Tue May 9, 2023, 07:28 PM
DFW (52,255 posts)
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
TexasTowelie (105,454 posts)
5. William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson are a couple that come to mind. nt
Response to TexasTowelie (Reply #5)
Tue May 9, 2023, 07:34 PM
Walleye (26,937 posts)
7. I remember Adley Stevenson losing the second time
Response to Claustrum (Original post)
Tue May 9, 2023, 07:44 PM
In It to Win It (7,232 posts)
9. Grover Cleveland... lost reelection and then ran again after losing
Response to In It to Win It (Reply #9)
Tue May 9, 2023, 07:57 PM
Freddie (8,969 posts)
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
First Speaker (4,801 posts)
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
ExWhoDoesntCare (3,023 posts)
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
Kaleva (35,475 posts)