Most Likely Comeback. Somewhere, sometime...

[JSojourner]

I bet this has been done before, but I never saw it.  And I thought it would be a nice change of pace to deal with something NON-Presidential for a change.

I think I have it set up correctly, so you can vote for all the ones you want.  And I would encourage you to add names.  I tossed these out completely at random.


Oh -- almost forgot.  I am thinking of people who either HELD a high office or RAN FOR a high office.  And by high office, I mean Senate, House or Governor.  Feel free to throw in former Vice Presidents, too, if you wish...

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I think Knowles will get a congressional seat, Ford will replace Alexander in the Senate or Bredesen as Governor, and Chafee may be elected as a Democrat to Congress or Governor.

[Keystone Phil]

Hart. She will have a tough race next year. It will be very close but I think she'll return to Congress.

[WalterMitty]

jim talent.  he is young.  it isnt a stretch to say he may win a statewide office in the future.

[Keystone Phil]

jim talent.  he is young.  it isnt a stretch to say he may win a statewide office in the future.

I sure hope so. Some may laugh but I would have loved to see him run for President had he been re-elected in 2006. I would have supported him over any of the current candidates. There might not be a President Talent in the future but it would be great to see him back in the Senate.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I say Hart and Fogarty.

Wouldn't Pederson have to have held "high office" before for him to be able to return to it?

[WalterMitty]

jim talent.  he is young.  it isnt a stretch to say he may win a statewide office in the future.

I sure hope so. Some may laugh but I would have loved to see him run for President had he been re-elected in 2006. I would have supported him over any of the current candidates. There might not be a President Talent in the future but it would be great to see him back in the Senate.

i have similar feelings for former governor ehrlich

[JSojourner]

I say Hart and Fogarty.

Wouldn't Pederson have to have held "high office" before for him to be able to return to it?

Hey Mr. M.  No...I was thinking of office holder OR candidates.  Should not have used the word "return".  Sorry!  ;-0

[Sam Spade]

I don't know what "high office" means.  I also didn't know that Gary Trauner or Jim Pederson ever held a "high office" of any kind.  Obviously something better than dogcatcher, but eh...

I will be odd and say George Allen.  Probably Hart or Chafee are more likely, but eh...  I like to be different.

[JSojourner]

Sorry M8, shoulda been more clear.  I'm thinking of any former officeholder OR failed candidate.  I shouldn't have used the word "return".

By high office, I mean Governor, Senate or House. 

[True Democrat]

Ford, Chafee, and Hart.

[Mr.Phips]

Ford is the most likely.  He's still very young and I don't think he's done with politics yet.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Ford is the most likely.  He's still very young and I don't think he's done with politics yet.

Ford's living in the wrong state—he lost a competitive open seat race in the best year for Democrats since Watergate against what many believed to be a less-than-stellar opponent.

Still, I grant that it is quite possible he could wind back up in his old congressional seat if he really wants it badly.

[Sam Spade]

Ford is the most likely.  He's still very young and I don't think he's done with politics yet.

Ford's living in the wrong state—he lost a competitive open seat race in the best year for Democrats since Watergate against what many believed to be a less-than-stellar opponent.

Still, I grant that it is quite possible he could wind back up in his old congressional seat if he really wants it badly.

Right now, he's presently enjoying living it up in NYC every evening with a couple of blondes attached to him.  At least last I saw.

[MarkWarner08]

Ford is the most likely.  He's still very young and I don't think he's done with politics yet.

Ford's living in the wrong state—he lost a competitive open seat race in the best year for Democrats since Watergate against what many believed to be a less-than-stellar opponent.

Still, I grant that it is quite possible he could wind back up in his old congressional seat if he really wants it badly.

Right now, he's presently enjoying living it up in NYC every evening with a couple of blondes attached to him.  At least last I saw.

Good for him. He seemed to be flirting with Kerry Washington at a Congressional hearing. Before he runs for governor, he need to find a Michelle Obama type, a whip-smart, stern wife.

[MarkWarner08]

I bet this has been done before, but I never saw it.  And I thought it would be a nice change of pace to deal with something NON-Presidential for a change.

I think I have it set up correctly, so you can vote for all the ones you want.  And I would encourage you to add names.  I tossed these out completely at random.


Oh -- almost forgot.  I am thinking of people who either HELD a high office or RAN FOR a high office.  And by high office, I mean Senate, House or Governor.  Feel free to throw in former Vice Presidents, too, if you wish...

I'd add Jeb Bradley, Larry Kissell, Darcy Burner, Mike Sodrel, Eric Massa, Dan Maffei, and Linda Stender to the list.

[opebo]

jim talent.  he is young.  it isnt a stretch to say he may win a statewide office in the future.

I sure hope so. Some may laugh but I would have loved to see him run for President had he been re-elected in 2006. I would have supported him over any of the current candidates. There might not be a President Talent in the future but it would be great to see him back in the Senate.

I agree with you guys, though I dislike Talent.  He has a future, but I think he is not sufficiently appealing personally to be presidential material.  Maybe when Bond retires he'll replace him, or of course as much as I hate to admit it he could win a re-match with MacGaskill.  Don't see him as governor though.. he's a St. Louis area boy, and most Missourians mistrust that for governer even more than for senator.

Other than him... Ford, because he is young and appealing, though in TN he cannot win statewide.. maybe a house seat.  Chafee, obviously, can get some seat easily enough if he switches to the appropriate party.. and Knowles.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I got the impression that Chafee was done with politics. He did leave the Republican party this year.

[Adlai Stevenson]

Harold Ford - he could run for Governor and stand a chance of being elected in 2010 - it depends whether Bill Frist is a candidate as well though. 

[Keystone Phil]

Don't see him as governor though.. he's a St. Louis area boy, and most Missourians mistrust that for governer even more than for senator.

Well, he came within a point in 2000 for that office.

[Frodo]

Harold Ford, Jr. and (now that I have read up on who the hell he is) Gary Trauner. 

[True Democrat]

in the best year for Democrats since Watergate

Wow.  This is a sad reflection on th state of the Democratic Party because it's true.

[Verily]

in the best year for Democrats since Watergate

Wow.  This is a sad reflection on th state of the Democratic Party because it's true.

Considering, again, that the Democratic Party was overwhelmingly dominant at the time, and has since merely slid to simply being one of two parties by shedding its racist wing, this is not at all a sad reflection.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Ford is the most likely.  He's still very young and I don't think he's done with politics yet.

Ford's living in the wrong state—he lost a competitive open seat race in the best year for Democrats since Watergate against what many believed to be a less-than-stellar opponent.

What was so bad about Corker's campaign? He just seemed to be a cookie-cutter conservative to me, which isn't a hindrance in the South (except Arkansas).

[Keystone Phil]

Ford is the most likely.  He's still very young and I don't think he's done with politics yet.

Ford's living in the wrong state—he lost a competitive open seat race in the best year for Democrats since Watergate against what many believed to be a less-than-stellar opponent.

What was so bad about Corker's campaign? He just seemed to be a cookie-cutter conservative to me, which isn't a hindrance in the South (except Arkansas).

For the record: He ran as a conservative but he is no conservative.