After looking at last years nightmare I would add :
1) Run after you are re-elected at least once
2) Governors are best candidates (if #1 applies) , house members are least likely to win. If your last elected job was being bounced out of office by voters or resigning under pressure then forget it, be a talk radio host or work for FNC..
3) Dont take positions in GOP primary that you wont defend in general election because its a loser and just sends out mixed confusing signals AFTER you lose. Take the positions you believe in and defend coherently.
4) If you got a Weiner problem dont convince yourself you will get lucky and it wont come out.
Dont think that being a partial term Senator with no experience governing will get you elected just because Obama got elected, you are not a black Democrat running after GWB eight years in 2008.
“...4) If you got a Weiner problem dont convince yourself you will get lucky and it wont come out. ...”
Rule 4a.
If you don’t stick your Weiner out in the first place, nothing will HAVE to come out.
Rule 4b.
If you DO stick your Weiner out, IMMEDIATELY claim it was a “wardrobe malfunction”.
Rule 4c.
If the “wardrobe malfunction” excuse fails, just say “This Weiner was sticking out before I took office...”
Wisely said.
No one in political history won running the duplicitous campaign Obama ran on then......and the massive voter fraud in 2012.
The candidate in 2008 who "said" he wanted to be another "Reagan" is not the individual we see in the WH now....tearing down what remains of our nation and decimating the once-powerful US economic engine.
” 4) If you got a Weiner problem dont convince yourself you will get lucky and it wont come out.
Dont think that being a partial term Senator with no experience governing will get you elected just because Obama got elected, you are not a black Democrat running after GWB eight years in 2008. “
Good advice.