Reply #41: I wouldn't go that far. [View All]

JFK is not the only Senator to win - Warren G. Harding also won the Presidency. And of the last four Senators to run and win the nomination, JFK was the only one not challenging a sitting President. Goldwater and Dole were both challenging popular incumbents, and McGovern just ran a horrible campaign. Also, a few governors have done well (Carter, Reagan, and Clinton) because they were challenging unpopular incumbents. I'd also point out that several governors have lost - like Stevenson, Dewey and Dukakis. All in all, though there are certainly advantages and disadvantages to each position, you can hardly say that "Senators never win" and that we must nominate a governor. When you consider each race as a whole, there's simply not support for any sort of absolute claim like that.