Republican Party proved again why it is called The Grand Old Party(GOP). Nomination of John McCain for the Republican ticket for this fall's presidential election proves a long standing trend...and what is the trend? Broadly speaking, Republicans fall in line for their grand old statesman. All Republican presidents except the current one in recent decades have one thing in common.Nixon, Reagan, George Bush Sr. and now John McCain(if he is elected in November) all lost their nomination bid the first time and then came good the next time around. Nixon lost to Kennedy, Reagan to Gerald Ford,George Bush Sr. to Reagan, and John McCain to the current president. And then when they ran the next time, the party was ready to reward them for their patience and perseverance.
On the Democratic side, I guess I don't need to explain why rather than falling in line, they fall in love. As opposed to McCain who still has a lot of selling to do to people on the right, Democratic Party loves its two candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.And interestingly, none of the Democratic president in last 50 years lost a nomination first and then came back to win the second time. Its almost as if once you lose, the party moves on to find its next standard bearer...one with whom they can fall in love again!!!
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Good obeservations dude..I just read a wall street journal article on Hillary's campaign. The article is titled "alive!" and it really focuses on the differences between democratic and republican nominations. What you say here rings very true...
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