Mondale was elected statewide three times and nationally once. GHWBush was elected nationally twice before he ran for Prez.
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Actually you are wrong on both counts:
1. Mondale was APPOINTED Minnesota Attorney General, then APPOINTED Minnesota Senator when HHH ran for president. Thus while Mondale ran for REELECTION a few times he never was elected originally to a job where he had to fight and claw and learn about winning elections. Thus he was a terrible presidential candidate.
2. G.H.W. Bush never won a statewide election. Was VP candidate which is like being APPOINTED VP. He won his first time on his own accord base in part on the good will Reagan built up just as the good will Clinton built up was almost enough to get a slug like algore elected. And we saw what seasoned politician G.H.W. Bush was when he ran for reelection.
I know you can argue you are technically right on both, but to my view neither were seasoned enough to head a national ticket and it showed.
Uh-huh.