MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!
Kalwejt
Atlas Institution
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« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2011, 03:09:37 PM » |
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Many potential candidates are not running because their currently held offices are up for reelection at the same time.
House members are reluctant to run for President partially for this reason (term is just two years), beside, of course, lacking in most of the cases statewide political machines.
Before it was recently repealed, Florida was a severe case with "resign-to-run" law. That's why Graham waited until 2004, when he wanted retire anyway. That's why Reubin Askew, despite being talked as a national candidate for years, never actually ran while Governor (and in 1984 he was already yesterday's news).
Outside of Florida, Daschle long considered bid in 2004 failed to materialise primarily due to his South Dakota seat being up the very same November (he eventually lost anyway).
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