You say (most) people only get one shot at the Presidency - but in the postwar era people who ran twice (once making a sincere attempt at the nomination and once or more claiming the nomination) include Stevenson, Nixon, Reagan, Dole, Gore, McCain, and Romney. And I may have missed some.
"...shares a last name with one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history". Is patently absurd, misleading and mean spirited. He shares a last name of TWO of the most unpopular presidents in modern history.
@#7 those aren't terrible odds. At most, 1/2 of major-party nominees are going to win; if you discount people who seek re-election and count them neither as being a new nomination nor as being a new victory, the odds dip down towards 1/3 if you assume re-election (and get better than 1/2 if you assume electoral defeat for the incumbent; it's complicated. But re-election seems to happen more often than not).
Also note: when you say 1/3 that number comes with an asterisk - Gore won the popular vote, and it's pretty clear he would have won the electoral college had all the interpretable attempted votes been counted. Furthermore, if you think you can statistically distinguish 2/6 from 3/6, I'd love to learn your methods.
Um, what are you smoking? Rubio is a horrible candidate. He's also up for re-election in 2016. There's a great chance that he can be defeated for re-election to the Senate. He's not even that well liked in Florida.
He only one the first time because Democrats were divided between Meek and an Independent Charlie Crist.
He's not ready for prime time.
And outside of Florida, who does he excite? Not Latinos in CO, NM, NV or VA, that's for damn sure!
well a slug match might actually be a help to whomever wins .... if it's anything like the primary between Obama and Hillary. But then again it might continue being the circus it was last go around.
Also note: when you say 1/3 that number comes with an asterisk - Gore won the popular vote, and it's pretty clear he would have won the electoral college had all the interpretable attempted votes been counted. Furthermore, if you think you can statistically distinguish 2/6 from 3/6, I'd love to learn your methods.
He only one the first time because Democrats were divided between Meek and an Independent Charlie Crist.
He's not ready for prime time.
And outside of Florida, who does he excite? Not Latinos in CO, NM, NV or VA, that's for damn sure!