How does McCain's stature as a deficit hawk,
a foreign policy hawk, and a distinguished 20 year Senate career as
a maverick Republican face against Edwards' 4 year former liberal Senate
career?
McCain is quickly throwing away his "maverick" status to better position himself to get the GOP nomination.
And how did Al Gore's stature as a moderate Southern Democrat with 8 years in the Senate and 8 years as Vice President, with extensive foreign policy experience, compare to George W. Bush's 6 years as a do-nothing Governor of Texas?
Not very well, apparently.
As governor of Texas, Bush would never have won against Gore had that election been held four or eight years later at a time of war like we are in now. In fact, it would never have been even close.
