Fri 28 Mar 2008 20.14 EDT
Hillary Clinton likes to tell her senior aides at times of crisis, Somebody has to win, and somebody has to lose. She is implicitly referring to Barack Obama, but there is a group of people scattered across America for whom the words carry a deeply personal resonance. These are the members of an elite group: the failed would-be presidents club.
Only 13 people alive have run for the US presidency in a general election (discounting those who polled less than 2%). Of those, four went all the way to the most powerful job on earth. The remaining nine - five Democrats, one Republican and three third-party candidates - never got to sit behind that desk in the Oval Office. They are the people who know best the toll of running for the White House. They can warn Clinton, Obama and John McCain of the booby traps that lie ahead. They have been the butt of attack ads, have worked around the clock for two years solid, and, whatever their political colours, have share
Roy Blunt Joins 4 GOP Senators Not Seeking Reelection, but Could Democrats Flip Seat?
On 3/8/21 at 11:39 AM EST
After more than a decade in office, GOP Senator Roy Blunt will not return to Washington, D.C., after his term is up in 2022, giving Democrats a better chance of flipping the seat, although it will likely be a hard-fought battle.
Blunt joins a growing number of Republicans who have announced that they won t seek reelection. The fourth Senate Republican to make the decision, he s the ranking GOP member on the Senate Rules Committee, and in Missouri, a state that voted for former President Donald Trump in November by more than 15 points, the 2022 race could be favorable to a Republican candidate.
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Robin Chapman prepares for a live report for WJLA-TV on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in the 1980s.
All America has been stunned by the scenes of the Jan. 6 attack on our Capitol. Like many of you, I’m still in shock. I was a reporter there some years ago: a small fry in a big place. As I gain in years and know more about the world, I understand how lucky I was to bear witness there to open debate in a free society – a rare thing on a planet where secret police and government by thuggery are still all too common.
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