[Fresh Wind]

Funny how nobody ever seems to mention that every sitting Senator, Representative, or Governor who ever ran for further office all abdicated their current offices to do so.

Not true. Joe Lie-berman did not resign from his Seanate seat to run for VP in 2000. In fact, he ran for both offices simultaneously.

[Gargantua]

"Not true. Joe Lie-berman did not resign from his Seanate seat..."

Sorry. It is true. I never said they all "resigned." I said that they turned their backs on and walked away from their sitting positions.

Why?

Because running for office is a 28-hour-a-day job. A Senator running for President still has all his/her constituents back home expecting and deserving representation in the Senate, but they have none, because their Senator is in DeMoines kissing babies and pretending he likes Latvians. He's attending fundraisers and campaign rallies, not votes on the Senate floor.

Read more slowly, really think about what you're reading, and you'll get this stuff the first time.

8^D

[LearsFool]

Not true. Joe Lie-berman did not resign from his Seanate seat to run for VP in 2000. In fact, he ran for both offices simultaneously.

I believe the 2008 Republican presidential candidate is still in the Senate as well. (Though I wish he had resigned!)

And anyway, what sort of candidate resigns from current office AFTER losing the election? That doesn't make any sense.