(February 11, 2014 at 8:39 pm)Rahul Wrote: Two runner ups become the nominee eight years later.
That's because there is no primary when the sitting president is of the same political party. The party always runs its sitting president virtually uncontested during the primary season.
Theoretically, a sitting president can be challenged within his/her own party during the primary but that hasn't happened since 1980. It's virtually unheard of.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
