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So a VP’s ability to secure the nomination is no indication of his ability to win the Presidency.

That puts my point succinctly. It is only when the sitting POTUS is a large figure that being his political heir matters in the general election.

The key point is that governors get more respect than senators and/or veeps in the general election. From this distance, Pence looks good for ’24.

Richard Nixon, who was nominated but lost in ‘60, and who chose not to run in ‘64, was nominated a second time in ‘68, and went on to win the Presidency twice, ^once by landslide.

1968 was a tight election.

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“1968 was a tight election.”

Right - my bad.

Eisenhower’s VP vs Johnson’s VP makes for a tight race.

How often has a governor been beaten by a senator in the general? Romney. Anyone else?