To: Danae
“No sitting president has been re-elected after facing a primary challenge in modern times.”
Try Ted Kennedy's 1980 challenge of Jimmy Carter in the primaries. Carter beat Kennedy for the Dem nomination, but then got his ears boxed by the cowboy from California....Reagan.
To: AlphaOneAlpha
“No sitting president has been re-elected after facing a primary challenge in modern times.”
Try Ted Kennedy's 1980 challenge of Jimmy Carter in the primaries. Carter beat Kennedy for the Dem nomination, but then got his ears boxed by the cowboy from California....Reagan.
Umm...that only proves what the first statement said to be true. Jimmy Carter was challenged in the primaries by a contender and failed to be re-elected.
47 posted on
09/19/2011 1:15:38 PM PDT by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
To: AlphaOneAlpha
That was my point. When a sitting potus is challenged by his own party with a primary contended - even upon winning the nomination he does not get re-elected.
58 posted on
09/19/2011 1:45:46 PM PDT by
Danae
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To: AlphaOneAlpha
Um, got that one mixed up? Carter was a sitting president, challenged and did lose, to President Reagan...
68 posted on
09/19/2011 2:52:24 PM PDT by
cake_crumb
(Obama: the Unholy Won.)
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