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Ralph Nader: Why run for president if you don't have a chance?
LA Times ^
| 05/15/2015
| Ralph Nader
Posted on 05/15/2015 10:41:31 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The 2016 presidential election is attracting an unusually large number of hopefuls. The Republicans will probably field more than a dozen candidates and the Democrats, as many as five. Presently, very few of these supposed contenders have a real chance of becoming president. Republicans Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Ted Cruz are long shots. On the Democratic side, that term applies to everyone but Hillary Rodham Clinton..
~snip~
If you tell them in private, "You do not have a chance to be president," they will point to underdogs who won, such as Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan, or front-runners who faltered such as Clinton herself in 2008. They all harbor the belief that they can catch fire, especially during the primary debates. They know that Clinton could falter yet again; if so, they will be ready.
Short of winning the presidency, however, there are many other rewards for running.
You can fatten your mailing list and your Rolodex for future opportunities. These can include lucrative jobs, retainers, paid speeches or book advances. After 2008, former Gov. Mike Huckabee made it to Fox News and, by staying in the limelight, set himself up for a second run.
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To: Responsibility2nd
Oh the irony. “Why Run...” indeed. From a 4 time loser.
Click the link, though. He does make some valid points.
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:42:58 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:45:13 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
To: Responsibility2nd
“Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Ted Cruz are long shots.”
Can anyone guess who they are worried about?
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:45:46 AM PDT
by
Iron head mike
(with a politican's promise and 2 bucks you can get a cup of coffee any where.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Money. Candidates get to keep unexpended campaign contributions.
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:49:29 AM PDT
by
Thud
To: Responsibility2nd
Another "Do as I say, not as I do" liberal speaks.
-PJ
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:49:56 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:50:40 AM PDT
by
apoxonu
To: Iron head mike
If Ted Cruz is a long shot, then I am in the wrong party. Then again, that Romney was the nominee in 2012 indicated that one of us — him or me — was in the wrong party.
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:53:54 AM PDT
by
Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:59:04 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Responsibility2nd
Is not how many but that most do not have a proven record of success with a firm basis in the USC.
Obama barely had a past let alone a proven record of success.
That’s putting it mildly.
I would wish in a population of 350 there would be at least a half a dozen who qualify.
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posted on
05/15/2015 11:02:54 AM PDT
by
Leep
("Soon you won't be able to live in America as a Muslim. The noose is tightening," Elton Simpson)
To: Responsibility2nd
the LSM must be very worried about Cruz, they keep trying to tell us that he is a long shot or a presidential hopeful.
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posted on
05/15/2015 11:03:53 AM PDT
by
Cyclone59
(Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
To: Iron head mike
Wasn’t Obama a long-shot in 2007?
He went from overhyped speech at the 2004 DNC convention to President (God forgive this nation) in the blinking of an eye.
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posted on
05/15/2015 11:04:24 AM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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posted on
05/15/2015 11:11:25 AM PDT
by
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To: Responsibility2nd
At least Fiorina can go at Clinton in debate without being labeled sexist.
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posted on
05/15/2015 11:49:14 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Responsibility2nd
Hope Bush, the huckster, Paul, Santorum, Carson and Christie are paying attention....
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posted on
05/15/2015 1:24:16 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
selections from the FRchives:
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posted on
05/16/2015 11:53:57 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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