Hmmm. Seems to me I remember something about a Republican who lost a race for Senate in Illinois, but went on to be the party’s nominee for president. I think the first name was “Abe” or something like that. Can anybody jog my memory about the the last name?
Abe would never get nominated today and a good thing too! He did enough damage in a month more than one term. McGovern is most like Lincoln. Reagan was most like Andrew Jackson. The roles of the parties have been reversed.