NDN
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« on: July 08, 2008, 09:30:06 AM » |
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« edited: July 08, 2008, 09:42:06 AM by Blue Dog »
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You forgot Loyd Bentson.
I think it has to do our primary system. We tend to have a firebrand/maverick politician show up who shocks everyone by winning (Hart, Dean, Bradley). This person normally fizzles out. Normally this has to do with them either alienating old party interests (like Labor Unions) and/or being perceived as too liberal. As a result the final candidate tends to be sort of generic and doesn't really please anyone (Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry). The only exception to this theory is really Obama, but he won mainly because we cast out a couple states plus Edwards split the vote.
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