[Coop]

FYI

[JLS]

Thanks for the bump. It is really more and more apparent each presidential election cycle that if either party nominates a Senator, they are basically giving up?

When was the last member of Congress elected President?

G.W.Bush - Nope
Clinton - Nope
G.H.W. Bush - Nope, was a Congressman but won election after being a Veep.
Reagan - Nope
Carter - Nope
Ford - Never elected president
Nixon - Nope long before was a Senator, but was Veep and a private citizen for many years before elected.
Johnson - Assumed the job as a Veep but did win re-election.
Kennedy - Yep the one the press loves. Elected president as a Senator 44 years ago.
Ike - Nope
Truman - Nope was a Senator, but similar to LBJ first Veep, then assumed the job and reelected.
FDR - Nope we are not back to 1932 with one example.

And during this time various parties have nominated various senators like Dole, Mondale, Goldwater all going down to defeat.

[GraniteStateConservative]

The President’s job approval rating remains strong. In yesterday’s Gallup poll, 52% of Americans approve of the job President Bush is doing. This rating is in the same range as President Reagan’s 54% approval rating in April 1984 and President Clinton’s 56% approval rating in April 1996. This poll is also confirmed by the National Annenberg Election Survey which shows that the President’s approval rating at 53%, and yesterday’s ABC News/Washington Post poll that shows the President’s approval rating at 51%.

I think everyone who had those kind of job approvals by mid-April went on to win. So, pop the cork!