I would prefer a governor with at least a term and a half....who is currently serving. When did Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, or Mitt Romney last hold office?
As for the senators, they usually get knocked out in the primaries. There is an obvious exception, but I don’t think the voters will make that sort of mistake again.
So Obama is a bad president because he was a senator?
Of course not. Obama being a former senator has absolutely nothing to do with him being a bad president.
He's a bad president because he is an anti American Big Government Tyrant.
McCain, Kerry, McGovern, JFK and Obama were senators and won their party nominations.
... There is an obvious exception
JFK? LBJ? Nixon? George H.W. Bush?
:p
There is something to what you say. The military has an “up or out” policy for its officers, but in politics it is more of a “Peter Principle” situation. Jeb Bush’s resume would have seemed pretty good in ’08, except for his last name being the same as the guy the country was so tired of. I think the story is that if you don’t attain national office within about 18 years (maybe it was less) of attaining statewide office, you won’t be elected POTUS.As for the senators, they usually get knocked out in the primaries. There is an obvious exception, but I don’t think the voters will make that sort of mistake again.
Most candidates are “knocked out in the primaries” - what’s your point?If being a governor and being known as an executive was gonna beat a left-wing Democrat, Romney would be in the WH now.
We need - we desperately need - someone who is eager and able to sell conservatism. Someone who can get all conservatives to vote for him, and draw in others. That was Reagan. Reagan also had a governorship in his resume, but beggars can’t be choosers. If you insist on a governor, there’s Palin - but she didn’t even serve one term, much less two.
Santorum is a good guy, but he won’t be POTUS, and he needn’t think that he’s serving the country by competing with Cruz. And that is transparently what this quote is about.