[gcruse]

. A President hated virulently by the Right (now Left) and a boring Senator (Dole, now Kerry) chosen as the safe, establishment option.

A President hated virulently by the Right -- Woodrow Wilson -- The election campaign was primarily a referendum on the Wilson presidency

A boring Senator -- Warren G Harding -- wins

[JohnnyZ]

I'm not sure an open seat race qualifies as a strong parallel.

[EllaMinnow]

A boring Senator -- Warren G Harding -- wins.

Yes, after Wilson served TWO full terms and had a massive stroke.

[WOSG]

Bad analogy: Wilson wasnt running *and* the economy in 1920 was in recession.

1920 was a bit like 1952 or 1968, repudiation of an incumbent no longer running.

1920 was like what 1992 would have been if Bush 41 not only screwed up the economy but had a foreign policy everyone hated.


This race has shades of 1996 and shades of 1984.

[WOSG]

Bad analogy: Wilson wasnt running *and* the economy in 1920 was in recession.

1920 was a bit like 1952 or 1968, repudiation of an incumbent no longer running.

1920 was like what 1992 would have been if Bush 41 not only screwed up the economy but had a foreign policy everyone hated.

This race has shades of 1996 and shades of 1984. BUT EVERY RACE IS UNIQUE - we should win but can take nothing for granted. Kerry has more money and the most biased media in our lifetimes on his side.

we just have the better candidate.