Given that some of those guvs ended up in the Cabinet or in some national role (i.e. Racicot as RNC chair), you’d think they wouldn’t blanch at running for a job that would take them to Washington anyway. Do they think, “oh, if I do this, I’ll have to be there for like 20 or 30 years to gain seniority?” I say who cares, why not run for just one or two terms and then go home? We need that, instead of these lifers that have to be hauled out feet first. I mean, Tommy Thompson ran for president in 08, so he doesn’t have a problem going back to Washington even at his age, so why not take out Feingold, serve a term, and go home and relax?
Exactly. I mean, at least Jim Gilmore ran in VA (although his candidacy ended up a total fiasco, the worst showing in the modern era for a first tier candidate there), so he at least deserves credit for running.