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Originally Posted by Todd Farkman
By aggressive, I mean media-wise. Cheney is the man in the backroom. He hardly talked to the press. Bush was never overshadowed by Cheney in the media. I think a lot of ppl saw Cheney almost as a cabinet member, where Biden will be more out front.
Also, Bush was never called to the mat for being inexperienced like Obama is. So it makes a bigger deal now.
I agree with LA, Obama should have picked a young outsider so that the "we're going in and making change" type thing would continue his momentum. Now Obama looks like an institutionalized politician, with the same-o same-o.
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I can get behind most of that, the first post just seemed ripe for a potshot.
I think I'm quickly grasping why Congressmen have historically done poorly in the race for the White House. I can't remember the last time Congressional approval was over 50%, I imagine the same is true in each state legislature. That probably makes it real easy for a Governor to figure out their main plan:
"You hate Congress? I vetoed a bunch of nonsense that my state legislature tried to make you pay for. I'll do the same thing at the national level."
Provided you provide an upturn for your state when you're the Governor, or benefit from simply being in the right place at the right time, I think you're gonna do fairly well.