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Originally Posted by Superbelt
The fact is our legislature is the main breeding ground for presidential candidates.
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What? The legislature is the main breeding ground for
failed presidential candidates. Historically, it is nearly impossible to win without executive experience. You're much more likely to reach the presidency from a governorship than the Congress. There hasn't been a legislator direct to the Presidency since JFK, and before that Harding.
I'm not a Bush supporter, but no honest Democrat can defend the Kerry/Edwards attendance record. Both have essentially abandoned their posts. Since Kerry was re-elected in 2002 (when he obviously was planning to run), he missed 64% of the votes in the first year, and over 80 or 90% in the current term. As one of his constituents, that pisses me off.
Edwards hasn't done much better. As a member of the Judiciary committee, his 107th attendance record (pre-campaign!) was tied with Strom Thurmond, who was 99 years old and dying.