Can a Senator Win the Presidential Nomination?

The 2008 election features a total of eighteen different politicians who have announced their candidacy to be the next president of the United States. A majority of them are Senators and in fact many of the front runners of both political parties are Senators. The only question is, will a senator will the presidency for the first time since John F. Kennedy?

Senators have a difficult time getting elected to the presidency because most believe that the position of governor is better suited to take over as president in a leadership role. Senators require diplomacy and compromise in working out solutions on the floor of Congress.

In addition, the track record of a Senator usually hurts them. Very often a Senator will reject a bill because of one small provision in the bill yet they will get attacked in debates because they rejected that bill. That usually makes a candidate look very bad in the eyes of the American public despite their actions being correctly justified.

The United States has not had a Senator become president since John F. Kennedy and maybe it is time for a change. Perhaps the American public wants compromise instead of war and conflict as we have had under President George W. Bush.

As it currently stands, it looks doubtful that a governor will win the 2008 election. However, if the current trend still holds, a mayor may win the election instead of a Senator. Senator John McCain from Arizona is the second leading vote getter among the Republican Party.

In the Democratic Party all of the top three candidates in the polls are Senators including Hillary Clinton of New York, Barack O'bama of Illinois, and John Edwards of North Carolina. Still, Rudolph Giuliani who is the leading vote getter of the Republican Party was the mayor of New York City who was known for being tough on crime and terror.

The position of mayor is very similar to governor; the only difference being that a governor controls and has more authority over a larger body of people and territory. However, New York City has more people than most states which really is an anomaly when you think about the election.