Reply #12: It's kind of time for senators to face some facts..(Clinton included) [View All]

[SoCalDem]

Senators do not become presidents.. (Wasn't Kennedy the last one?)

Their records are TOO available, their voting too nuanced for the dimwitted (mostly) public to grasp.

Recent history proves that people can be manipulated to believe totally Orwellian crap, and vote against their own best interests..time and time again..

This is why "unknown" governors (and sometimes movie stars) do well. They are relatively unknown to people other than their own state...and once one gets attention on the national stage, even the people from his/her state who hated them as governor, all of a sudden get "state's pride" and often are their biggest supporters...why? because if he/she makes it to Pennsylvania Ave, their state will reap the big-bucks, no matter how they personally feel about the person in the white house..

Congresspeople have gone on to become president, but they serve a small constituency, and their votes are one of 435..not one of 100..

Until people get smarter, or advertising gets "fairer", I don;t see a happy result for any senator running for the presidency..male or female