Senators try to buck the presidential odds

The Boston Globe ^ | 6/24/2002 | David S. Broder

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ONCE AGAIN, the Senate is full of presidential wannabes. Three Democrats, John Edwards of North Carolina, John Kerry of Massachusetts, and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut are out most weekends, cultivating friends in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina and wooing contributors everywhere. Joseph Biden of Delaware and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut reportedly are weighing the possibility of joining the chase. And Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota has carefully left the door open for himself.

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Hope this applies to Hillary.

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Senators ought to have the edge, Burden says. So why don't they?

This guy has it all wrong, and Broder does nothing but add to his error by stating a bunch of additional incorrect points. Governors are generally more successful presidential candidates because the executive role they fill as governor is similar to a Presidential role. Senators, on the other hand, are nothing more than legislators who often have to propose idiotic, pointless legislation to make a name for themselves. As legislators they also tend to be very accommodating, compromising people who come off as ineffective, bland, and even dopey.

The last three sitting and former Senators to win major party nominations to the presidential elections were Al Gore, Bob Dole, and Walter Mondale. I rest my case, particularly on the "dopey" comment.

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