that dynamic, if it exists in the republican party and not in the democratic party, that could leave her in the center and all the republicans on the right it could leave liberal policy positions totally out of the discussion when it comes to a general election between hillary clinton and a far right republican challenger, and that worry is some of what has driven bernie sanders to potentially be interested in potentially running a primary campaign for president against secretary clinton and any other comers. same goes for martin o malley who does seem quite interested in mounting such a run. that worry is what s been driving the liberal interest in the houmt massachusetts interest in senator elizabeth warren potentially running against hillary clinton for the democratic nomination for president. even as senator warren has continued to insist she won t make a run, the efforts to get her to run just won t stop. people trying to get her to run if not to win, then at least to meaningfully
george w. bush ran again he lost vermont by 20 points, fewer votes were cast for george w bush in vermont than any other state that created a little bit of a dilemma for president george w. bush. because while he was president, he made a point to travel to 49 other states in the country. he went to freaking alaska four times. even though george w. bush was born in connecticut, grew up in massachusetts, vacationed in maine during his presidency, even though he had all of those connections to new england. throughout the entire eight years of his presidency, he managed to avoid visiting vermont ever. and by the time his presidency was coming to an end that was becoming an issue. because presidents do now at least try to get to all 50 states as a manner of matter of good manners if nothing else. bill clinton only barely did it, he finally made it to nebraska about a month before he left office. that was the 50th of the 50.