tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22281436.post6686913864652832916..comments2023-07-03T09:00:49.615-05:00Comments on tres años de soledad: Condi for PresidentZoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273919432024815263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22281436.post-71629269107700787712007-02-20T18:33:00.000-05:002007-02-20T18:33:00.000-05:00In fact!! It turns out (thanx Wikipedia) that the ...In <B><I>fact!!</I></B> It turns out (thanx Wikipedia) that the last serving VP to be elected presnit before Bush was... Martin Van Buren in <B>1836</B>. Now that's a surprise.rodiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347569007724687470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22281436.post-32635632735333941342007-02-20T18:25:00.000-05:002007-02-20T18:25:00.000-05:00When Spiro Agnew resigned, Nixon selected Jerry Fo...When Spiro Agnew resigned, Nixon selected Jerry Ford as VP. I guess he was confirmed by Congress, but I can't remember. There was certainly no fuss made, perhaps because Agnew was such an embarrassment.<BR/><BR/>But I don't think that conferred frontrunner status on Ford. I think Ford was largely viewed as a good guy, a well-liked congressman who graciously gave up his seat for the country's benefit, but not presidential material, until Nixon resigned. Then, of course, everyone <I>had</I> to see him, and judge him, as presidential material, and he came up short. Vice presidents often run but seldom win, at least on their first try. Nixon lost, Humphrey lost, Mondale lost, Quayle didn't even get the nomination, Gore lost. Bush 41 won, but only in the face of a phenomenally inept Democratic campaign. I think the veepship is just not a stature-enhancing position.rodiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347569007724687470noreply@blogger.com