Well, he is moving up in the right direction, but starting from nada, that does not mean much yet.
Starting from nada? really? After 20 what 6 years in Congress, and you call that nada?
The main reasons Duncan hasn’t moved vertically...
1. He’s a Californian. A Californian as President brings nothing to the party any more, therefore, the party disses and dis-misses him.
2. He’s not a “brown noser”. He hasn’t kissed the right asses, and he’s made some of his peers very uncomfortable.
3. He hasn’t exactly lead a life of self promotion. I was born and lived in California for 45 years, in his district and out. I can’t ever recall a “hey, look at me” commercial or campaign.
Did he ever seriously believe he had a shot? He is not a stupid man, he has to have known the eventuality.