More Potential Candidates the Media Is Not Mentioning (Not So Satirical)

Due to the popularity of my previous post of potential candidates missing on the press radar screen I offer the following "new" available quality candidates no one in the media is mentioning.


Democrats
Bob Graham.   Very successful Governor of Florida in the 80's.  Stellar member of the U.S. Senate and 9/11 truth seeker.  Expert on Intelligence matters.  Disadvantage:  age (78), but same age as Reagan upon his retirement

Jim Webb.  Yes, I know he is an announced candidate, but that hasn't stopped the media from failing to mention him.  Hails from a "purple"  (what's that exactly?) state.   Has military background, plus Senate experience (one term).  Disadvantage:  not afraid to wear a gun into the Senate chamber.

U. S. Sen. Cory Booker

Sen Cory Booker.  Well-liked and successful mayor of Newark, New Jersey, now a U.S. Senator.  Advantages:  Would continue legacy of Barrack Obama in the field of race relations.  Demonstrated skills working with people.  Excellent on economic and justice issues.  Honest charisma.   Disadvantage (NOT):  Relatively little national governmental experience yet more than Donald Trump.



Republicans
Bob Michel.  Just missed being second in line to the Presidency as the House minority leader.  Popular, works well with people.  A moderate.  Disadvantage:   Now 92, Mr. Michel is older than Jimmy Carter.

Fred Thompson.  Very little wrong with him.  A Watergate hero.  Former U.S. Senator.  No older than Bernie Sanders.  Is a lawyer and served as a U.S. Attorney.  From a border state and is another Republican uniter.  Has already announced for the Presidency once before and thus is experienced at this level.   Disadvantage:  Has to inhabit the same party as Ted Cruz.

Mitt Romney.  Looks like an angelic, compassionate George McGovern next to most current Republican candidates.  Governor of the only state George McGovern won in 1972 campaign.  Invented Obamacare as Romneycare.  Learned a degree of humility from Ted Kennedy in 1994 Senate debate.  Has ran once and would never, ever mention the 47% ever  again.  Disadvantage:  No one thinks he could (or should) win.   However, he deserves the chance to prove them wrong.  Would have to be drafted at this point as he refused to run.  Also -- is on the wrong side of the economic divide.  Extra advantage: wouldn't a Hillary Clinton-Mitt Romney match-up be great?!

Susana Martinez.  New Mexico Governor, the state's first female governor and the nation's first female Hispanic governor.  Fielded speculation Mitt Romney would choose her as Vice-Presidential candidate.  Wants to expand Republican fold by appealing to Hispanics.  Disadvantages:  Virtually unknown, but that would change with nomination.  Mother Jones calls her weak, vindictive, and weak on policy;  but has worked to appear warm and caring while in office.  The only Republican woman I could find.

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And so, dear reader, we see once again that all is not as bleak as it appears.  My purpose here, partly, is to expand our horizons.  I'm sure there are many other candidates of the younger generation who will eventually show themselves as having Presidential timbre.  We especially need Republicans of the Whig variety (not a dirty or out-dated word), who, like the one-time Whig Abraham Lincoln, joined the party of progressives known as Republican in the mid-19th Century.  Is it too much to ask for a return of that grand old party?