I always find it mildly amusing how people seem to assume that three presidencies down the road, we'll still be tossing around the politicians we have today.
As I said earlier in this thread, why not put yourself in the shoes of somebody in 1967, and try and predict the next three presidents. If you guessed: a Vice President who left office six years previously; the House Minority leader; and some hick state legislator from Georgia; you win a prize!
Of course, a whole bunch of other years could be picked and you'll find the same effect.
If someone had told me in 1997 that that new governor of Texas with no prior political experience whatsoever was going to beat Al Gore in 2000, I would have thought that that person was crazy.
See, things may have been different where you lived. Around my neighborhood in Ohio, it was all about George Bush...George Bush...the Governor of Texas and son of President Bush. By the time November 2000 came around though, my town leaned Gore.
It was this way in 1988? You're serious?
