dazzleman
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« on: July 17, 2004, 07:42:29 AM » |
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There is nothing requiring Kerry and Edward to resign the Senate.
Bob Dole did resign in June 1996 to make his presidential run. He was probably ready to retire anyway if he didn't win the White House, so it probably worked out OK for him.
Joe Lieberman not only didn't resign the Senate, but ran for re-election to the Senate simultaneously with his vice presidential run. Lyndon Johnson did the same thing in 1960 in Texas.
While I don't think a person should have to resign from one office to run for another, I don't think anybody should be able to run for 2 offices at the same time. There is something inherently dishonest about that, since he will only be able to do one job.
In most of these offices, especially legislative ones, the bulk of the day-to-day work can be done by others, at least for a while. Sometimes it's better if government officials don't do their jobs for a while - it gives them fewer opportunities to mess things up.
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