It's easier to give a great campaign speech than it is to be a great senator.
It's not so easy being a senator; let's see how he does at that before talking him up for president. You say he's changed already; he'll probably change some more.
I want to see how he behaves when the heat is on. I don't want to start discovering things about him in the middle of a presidential campaign.
The last time a senator was elected president during the middle of his first term was never.
Actually, it was not. John F. Kennedy was elected to the Senate in 1952 beating Henry Cabot Lodge and reelected in 1958.
Hence, Quayle: "I had exactly the same number of years of experience as John Kennedy when he ran for office."
Great idea Steve.
Campaigning is much easier than legislating as a Senator. Your real views come out.
Some people here say go easy on him. Do you realize how the GOP machine will attempt to destroy him if he is the nominee.
Once he declares, tough, fair questions will have to be thrown at him by democrats across the country. This is the only way to find out what Barack Obama is really all about.
This is why I don't want anyone who hasn't held elective office before--it changes people, and I would really like to know who we are dealing with, before we elect them.
