You can say that again. The last senator who successfully ran for president was JFK. Of course, LBJ, another senator was his veep. I’ll let you decide how well they did.
That’s what made this election so bizarro, except for Rudy and Romney, who both dropped out early, it came down to Blowhard Juan McCain vs. sens Dodd/Edwards/Hillary/Obama.
I think we’d better go back to governors.
Or maybe non-politicians all together. Like a good General or Admiral if there are some left, or an ethical captain of business—meeting a large amount of paychecks—who performed a major company turnaround who also have military/foreign experience.