Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Politics / Woods Bob Corker and the Curse of the 2012 Presidential Contenders
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:02 PM
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Bob Corker has edged up a spot in the latest Republican presidential rankings by Boston's altweekly, the Phoenix. Corker is currently ranked No. 15 just ahead of Sarah Palin and behind Tim Pawlenty, Jim DeMint, Mike Pence, John Thune, Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour, Rick Perry, Mitch Daniels, Bobby Jindal, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Newt Gingrich, Jon Kyl, Eric Cantor, and Lindsey Graham. Whew! What a crackerjack crew of contenders! Says the Phoenix:
15) Bob Corker, US Senator from Tennessee. He's been stepping up his game a little, but to be a serious contender he needs a few more boring conservative white guys on this list to self-destruct. (16)
OK, so we're now officially worried about Corker. As the New York Times pointed out the other day, it's become something of a curse to be named among the GOP's possible 2012 contenders. Mark Sanford is only the latest of these to stumble:
That series of problems has become so chronic that even the party's most pragmatic members could be forgiven for wondering whether being named "possible 2012 contender" is like winning the movie role of Superman, long believed by some to carry a curse for those actors who don his blue tights.
What scandal will befall Corker? And we were just beginning to like him.
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