We are roughly at the same lace we were at the end of the last Bush Presidency. We have no record nothing to run on. Nothing outside of foreign affairs and an unpopular war to run on. We have got to elect leaders who can form an aggressive agenda. instead we feel justly alienated. Our Republican leaders just take there base for granted and raise political capitol from them and spend it for there corporate interests. They say they believe this or that and then do nothing about it. If it weren't’f r the three supreme court seats that are probably going to be opening up I would just ass soon as throw them out. Even give those seats I would probably still vote them out if it were not for the fact that the Dem’s would take over. Grrr!
Well, he is not my candidate as of yet, but he has been governor for 10 years. That surely compares favorably to any of the other candidates regardless of party.
It has been rare to elect someone directly from the Senate—JFK and Warren Harding being the exceptions. Remember, President Johnson was VP before being President. Also to be noted, that only JFK and Harding were were elected directly from the Senate. So Hillary and Fred T are swimming against the statistical tide. Ditto for Giuiliani.
There have been many Presidents who were previously Governors—Reagan FDR, Teddy Roosevelt and Cal Coolidge are excellent examples.
Of course there are exceptions—Herbert Hoover and Ike were never elected to public office before they ran for and were elected President.
So there is room, but Governor’s usually do better than members of Congress or those who are simply celebrities.