Dr. Cynic
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« on: January 19, 2010, 08:40:47 PM » |
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I really don't think 88 was a bad field by comparison before their weaknesses were appearant.
Mario Cuomo, Dale Bumpers, Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, etc. Were all considered strong candiates who chose not to run at all.
Gary Hart and Joe Biden had lots of appeal but scandals wrecked them.
Michael Dukakis wasn't known as a poor candidate yet. Then you had Jesse Jackson who was probably the worst of the field. Behind them you had solid people such as Al Gore, Richard Gephardt and Paul Simon. I think Simon would've been an excellent President if not for his lack of funds. Gore was not a strong campaigner and Gephardt lacked national appeal.
Seems it was more bad luck among them all and specific weaknesses rather than being a bad group like say the 08 Republicans or the 92 Dems. (The 92 Dems were really a poor group. Only Clinton really stood out. Jerry Brown was still off in space. Tsongas was fairly weak, and his health was poor. Bob Kerrey and Tom Harkin lacked national appeal, although I probably would've liked Harkin to be the nominee if I had the choice then)
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