To: Phantom Lord
"How many people who have been on the losing end as the VP nominee have gone on to become president?"
Better question: how many VP's have gone on to be elected president in the last century?
One? George HW Bush? I think that's it. VP isn't a stepping stone to anything other than a totally awesome retirement package, unless the President gets assassinated, that is. (Which is why nobody in their right mind would select Hillary as a running mate).
116 posted on
06/23/2004 12:18:49 PM PDT by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: wyattearp
127 posted on
06/23/2004 12:25:57 PM PDT by
tx_eggman
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly. Teddy Roosevelt)
To: wyattearp
Technically, Nixon was Ike's VP before winning on his own in '68 ....
But he, too, went to California after losing in the VP-to-presidential race in '60 and lost big in at least one election immediately after.
143 posted on
06/23/2004 1:38:07 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly ... But Kerry's ABBCNNBCBS press corpse lies every day.)
To: wyattearp
LBJ... I guess he counts.
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