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2016 Postmortem

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10. Ted Kennedy, god rest his soul, screwed Carter out of re-election. n/t

Sun May 13, 2012, 08:02 PM

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A scary thought. Since FDR, there has been only [View all] pnwmom May 2012 OP

Since FDR, only two Democrats have stood for re-election. . . Journeyman May 2012 #1

correct- and only one lost re-election, right? stlsaxman May 2012 #2

Ted Kennedy, god rest his soul, screwed Carter out of re-election. n/t leeroysphitz May 2012 #10

Carter's reelection was impossible. BlueIris May 2012 #11

His election was not impossible. former9thward May 2012 #26

that makes absolutely no sense at all. provis99 May 2012 #12

LBJ, for one, knew he probably wouldn't be reelected. pnwmom May 2012 #6

Johnson was unlikely to be nominated in the first place fujiyama May 2012 #17

Not really a fair comparison PSPS May 2012 #3

+1 Scuba May 2012 #15

Although he was elected as an incumbent, polls notwithstanding. rug May 2012 #18

+20000 treestar May 2012 #27

So Obama can make history again! Amster Dan May 2012 #4

This is a little misleading. boxman15 May 2012 #5

Johnson wouldn't have won. pnwmom May 2012 #7

There have only been two who ran for re-election. bornskeptic May 2012 #8

I never liked this statistic... Drunken Irishman May 2012 #13

We can not count GWB as a re-election. Thinkingabout May 2012 #14

I think you are being WAY too generous. 99th_Monkey May 2012 #16

This stat, while technically true, is very misleading. jeff47 May 2012 #19

Another thought: sofa king May 2012 #21

Yes! Ex-Pat Pats Fan May 2012 #25

Here is a scary thought for Zombie Springslips May 2012 #28