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Comments by user: hooya

Posted on: Faithful to history

History indeed!
Democrats, ask your favorite presidential candidate which state(s) George Bush won in 2000 that you will win this time? Remember, 270 Electoral College votes are needed to elect a President.
Here is a bit of history for you.
Since John Kennedy was elected President;
1) No sitting Senator or Congressman has been elected President. We have elected a Vice President(Bush I), 3 Governors (Carter, Clinton, Bush II), two who held no current office(Reagan, Nixon) and re-elected 4 Presidents(Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton).
2)No candidate from North of the Mason-Dixon Line has been elected President. 3 Presidents from Texas, 2 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Arkansas. I am sure you can recall the opponents of the victors.
That is why it is imperative that Democrats nominate someone who can get 270! John Edwards is the only Democrat who matches this profile. If you nominate one of these Senators from North, they will lose.

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