UncleSam
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« on: April 22, 2018, 03:02:06 PM » |
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No way. Ted Cruz remained a senator and didn’t *completely* kill his future chances at the presidency. Sure his reputation took a hit but he also gained name recognition and a larger national network. Ted Cruz was a (very) marginal winner from the 2016 election.
The biggest loser was obviously Hillary Clinton. She went from presumed president and leader of the free world to an unpopular former Secretary of State with no political future whatsoever.
Jeb Bush would be the biggest loser on the Republican side, followed closely by John Kasich. Jeb went from presumed front runner and establishment pick to has-been skating on his family name with, again zero political future. John Kasich also lost most claim he had to a political future, but at least he was able to stay governor of Ohio for a few years and find a new political niche among anti-Trump Republicans and as a darling of the center-left media organizations - it is conceivable he could run a vanity campaign for president or he appointed to some position in a future administration of either party.
If you run for President as a senator or governor and don’t win the nomination, it’s a good outcome just to hold the status quo. Bernie arguably had the best possible outcome for a primary loser in that he gained massive name recognition and a national brand that he hadn’t had previously. Outside of Bernie however, the future prospects of those who run for president and lose are typically quite poor.
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