In the last 25 years of Presidents Carter; Reagan, Bush-41, Clinton, & Bush-43, starting in 1977, four out of the five were state governors and none were a United States senator. The losing candidates; Ford, Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Bush-41, Dole, Gore, and Kerry, had five being US senators. So, governors become President a whole lot more frequently than do Senators.
As a governor who is a very good extemporaneous public speaker, has a very friendly personality, has movie star good looks, is very wealthy, is a Mormon with four kids, and is smart enough to have sold his Cape Cod second home for one on Winnipesaukee, maybe he has what it takes to get the nomination in three years.
Time will tell, it always does....
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