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Fuzzy Bear
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« on: September 05, 2018, 08:20:38 PM » |
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Incumbency is a tremendous advantage, at the Presidential level for the following reasons:
1. Incumbents get to set the agenda, more than anyone else. Challengers are always responding to the agenda the incumbent sets.
2. Incumbents are presumed to have the experience to do the job; challengers have to prove themselves as a rule.
3. The incumbent's entire party is tied to the success or failure of the incumbent, whereas a Herman Talmadge or a Ben Sasse can distance themselves from a McGovern or a Trump and get away with it.
Of course, an incumbent can be an idiot or corrupt and forfeit these advantages.
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