[Earthdweller]

"But voters won’t nominate someone who has “only” served in the House."

That's a myth. If he has what it takes to do the job, the American people will know. It won't matter what the conventional wisdom is. This myth has only been perpetrated for about a hundred years. Trends change.

[Theodore R.]

Gephardt thought otherwise too. So did Mo Udall, Phil Crane, Jack Kemp, and several others.