[hellbender]

No candidate produced by a brokered convention has ever won the general--from either party.

What about Franklin Pierce?

"nominated for president as a dark horse candidate on the 49th ballot at the 1852 Democratic National Convention. In the presidential election, Pierce and his running mate William R. King won in a landslide,"

[Cruising Speed]

Franklin Pierce

I'm wrong, I read that somewhere but didn't check facts, shame on me.

[kjo]

Pierce was a Democrat; he only won because the Whig Party was in the process of breaking up over the issue of the extension of slavery to territories.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

In the presidential election, Pierce and his running mate William R. King won in a landslide,"

Sounds good. Let's stick with the Kings again--how about the man that Ann Coulter calls the best man in DC--Congressman Steve King from Iowa. (He's a closet Freeper)