they do. but there can be other factors to consider.
He didn’t get the nickname BOMBTHROWER for nothing. Being from Texas, I still LOVE him.
This X million! CRUZ: "Nothing would make me happier than seeing strong leadership from governors and senators fighting side by side"— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 16, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, C-Miss
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Ted is absolutely right. Where were GOPe lackeys Walker and Kasich during the Obamacare fight last year..........? AWOL!
I traditionally believe that governors come to the table with executive experience and that aids them well in running and governing. I am not so sure we are not in a new era of politics, though. We also used to see candidates with military experience trump those without, but the last winner following that rule was in 1988. That’s an eternity ago in politics.
I think communication skills and television skills trump either executive and military experience with the electorate. You gotta win to be president, so my first criteria is whether the candidate can effectively battle the media the Democrats. A governor that kowtows and capitulates doesn’t have a chance. It has to be a conservative who can think on their feet and go around the media firestorm. It doesn’t have to be a perfect ideological conservative, but they have to be a conservative at their core and also be a master campaigner. Those two trump executive experience in today’s world, because a President is first and foremost now a spokesman and a media representative.
This guy is sure getting a lot of ink. Looks like he is shaking the right trees.
Hard to say in this day and age. About the only old rule that I think will hold is that it will either be a governor or senator. I can’t forsee anyone in the House having a serious chance.
One of the reasons Mike Pence left Congress and ran for governor of Indiana, btw. He’s got Presidential ambitions, I’d lay money on it.
as usual Cruz is right. Usually being a senator or a rep wouldn’t help much. Because the vast majority of senators and rep DONT LEAD, and thus command no respect and are deserving of no higher leadership position.
Cruz has led more in one term than 99% of the senators that have been there for a lifetime.
We can’t trust anyone who doesn’t have a substantial track record of voting and speaking in a compelling way about constitutional conservative issues.
I wouldn’t expect him to say anything else. Governors do have an advantage, but it’s not determinative. Cruz will be a great candidate, but his lack of executive experience is a negative. He’s not perfect; none of them are.