CA-Gov: Bill Clinton to Run in California?

[Smash255]

Clinton would have done significantly worse than Gore, as the poll shows.

no he wouldn't have

This is how strange the Jan 2000 polls were

A January 2000 poll found Bush with a 51-38 lead over Gore among Hispanics. Bush spoke Spanish at some official functions and while debating with other Republican candidates.

[A18]

Ignoratio elenchi

[Notre Dame rules!]

jfern,


what do you make of the audio of Clinton admitting to Sudan's offer?  Do you debunk Clinton's own admission also?

[jimrtex]

From the San Francisco Examiner's PJ Corkery:

Forget Robin Williams, forget Rob Reiner … the superstar that big money Los Angeles Democrats want to run for governor of California is … Bill Clinton. Yep. Some of the Southland's deepest Democratic pockets are busily trying to persuade — some would say "hire" — Clinton to move to the Golden State and take on Schwarzenegger. They figure that Bubba can beat the faltering Terminator here in 2006 in a New York minute.

California requires 5 years residency.  I don't think California is as corrupt as New Jersey.

California Constitution - Governor Qualifications

[bgwah]

I don't see why so many Presidents stop becoming politically active once they leave office. And by that, I mean running for office again.

[Smash255]

I don't see why so many Presidents stop becoming politically active once they leave office. And by that, I mean running for office again.

well many of them tend t be older (Reagan, Bush) Reagan was also ill, Carter was pretty much tarnished so was LBJ & Nixion

[Lincoln Republican]

Most former Presidents would not want to take a lesser political office.

Andrew Johnson, President 1865-1869, was an exception.  He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1868, ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1872, and was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee in Mar of 1875 and died in Jul of that year.

William Howard Taft, President 1909-1913, although never elected to a further political office, was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1921 and served until his retirement from the Court in 1930, and died 33 days later.

No wonder most former Presidents do not seek further political office.

[Joe Republic]

In a Clinton v. Schwarzenegger match-up, I'd support the aging philanderer with the heart condition.

Oh wait.....

[PBrunsel]

Most former Presidents would not want to take a lesser political office.

Andrew Johnson, President 1865-1869, was an exception.  He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1868, ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1872, and was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee in Mar of 1875 and died in Jul of that year.

William Howard Taft, President 1909-1913, although never elected to a further political office, was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1921 and served until his retirement from the Court in 1930, and died 33 days later.

No wonder most former Presidents do not seek further political office.

Don't forget John Qunicy Adams "Old Man Eliquent" of the House of Representatives.

[jimrtex]

John Adams was a presidential elector in 1820.  If you consider John Quincy Adams as the opposition candidate (as he did receive the one vote that prevented a unanimous Monroe victory), then father voted against son.

[Lincoln Republican]

Most former Presidents would not want to take a lesser political office.

Andrew Johnson, President 1865-1869, was an exception.  He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1868, ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1872, and was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee in Mar of 1875 and died in Jul of that year.

William Howard Taft, President 1909-1913, although never elected to a further political office, was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1921 and served until his retirement from the Court in 1930, and died 33 days later.

No wonder most former Presidents do not seek further political office.

Don't forget John Qunicy Adams "Old Man Eliquent" of the House of Representatives.

Yes, that's very true.  Thank you for pointing that out.

After having been defeated for re-election as President in 1828, he was elected to the House of Representatives and served there from 1831 until his death in 1848.   

Interestingly enough, he was defeated in a bid to be elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1834.

It seems he couldn't get enough of political office.