Don't advertise that too loudly! It may scare Americans into never giving a relatively 'unknown' candidate a chance again! One of the effects of our electoral system, Ford won 27 states against Carter's 23 but Ford only achieved 240 electoral votes while the states Carter won earned him 297 and the Presidency. I think many at the time saw Ford as a bumbling idiot (at least everyone I knew at the time did) - yet surprisingly it was Jimmy Carter who turned out to be the biggest idiot President in our history. Carter had the hope and support of the youth at the time - boy were they dissappointed. I still remember all of the young campaigning for Carter and marching.



>>I think most Americans still hold on to the hope that one day an unknown honest individual will make it all the way to President and do wonderful things for our country. I really think that is how Clinton made it all the way.
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>Wasn't the the hope for Jimmy Carter. A down to earth Washington outsider after the whole Nixon thing.