Posted on 08/02/2005 6:53:19 AM PDT by watsonfellow
Although Lincoln spent several years in the Illinois legislature, it appears that he only ran once for national office before running for President.
In 1858 he lost a race for the Senate.
Shortly later, he won the presidency.
Good choices. I have been impressed with Coleman on the UN and Sessions on the judicial nominations.
Huh? Outside of Bolton, not here. The economy is weak(Thanks Granholm), unemployment is high(Thanks Granholm), and CAFTA is a disaster waiting to happen, much like Klinton's NAFTA.
Never ceases to amaze...every election out come the pubbie chicken littles or people who pretend to be who whine even while we win everything...watch the VA race...we win and people will be saying "ohhhhhh we in trouble in 06"
Not quite the same as losing a House race, but still...
I work with WKRC (a CBS affilate) in Cincinnati, and they pretty much ran 90% of all their news about Hackett in a postive light. I expect the same thing with the other news stations along with the newspapers.
One could argue that this merely begs the question.
I don't think Rove is abysmal, but Kerry should never have even been close.
President Lincoln served one term in the US House of Representatives.
I would pick George Allen and Jeff Sessions.
The lady gets the focus, but look at the dweeb in the red pants!
I live in florida and jobs are plentiful and spirits high
What am I, an encyclopedia? :)
Look, the Dems threw everything they had behind this guy, and got him to almost 50-50 in a 70-30 Republican stronghold. What they have in Paul Hackett is an attractive candidate who can fool people. Which, voila, is what they need to win a statewide election in a Bush state, particularly one as tantalizingly within their reach as Ohio.
-Dan
Nafta was signed by GHWB, not Clinton. It was not a disaster. Did you know that since 2000 we've signed free trade agreements with Jordan, Indonesia, Australia, Monte Carlo and others?
And if not why? They didn't have a Nafta rhyming name?
Allen / Rice in '08.
A guaranteed winner.
I cannot stomach DU even when they're crying in their beers.
Michigan has essentially been in one long recession since 1979
That makes YOU the problem with the GOP.
Who would you want all the other Republicans to throw their vote on to enable Democrats to win, some pathetic third party?
I like Cornyn and Sessions
Similar to Mark Dayton, who lost statewide elections and Democratic primaries before becoming a Senator.
Maria Cantwell lost her House seat after one term in 1994 and returned as a Senator. Strange.
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