Like Johnson in Wisconsin who had never held office before?
If the Delaware GOP and rove hadn’t attacked COD after the primary thus opening the door for otherwise non-credible attacks from Bill Mahrer,) COD could have been a serious candidate. She was taken seriously during the primary. She was tossed out before she even gave an acceptance speech.
Candidates can come from all kinds of backgrounds. Lower office, business, military, conservative interest groups. Somehow relying only on former office holders and lawyers hasn’t worked out all that well in the past.
If Rove Said the same thing about Johnson, He would have lost!
“Like Johnson in Wisconsin who had never held office before?”
That is true, that is true.
What he probably did have was the common sense not to make some of the mistakes that sunk Whitman, Angle, COD, etc.
The problem is that primaries can select someone out of nowhere who turns out to be a big surprise. How are we supposed to know if he has common sense if we don’t really know him?