JFK, LBJ, Nixon were congressmen and senators; LBJ, Nixon, Ford and Bush I were vice presidents as well as congressmen: Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush II were governors. I doesn’t seem to me that you can generalize about whether Senate or Governor’s experience is better. One job entails more executive experience the other more national and international. It seems to me to depend more on the man and the particular experience than one particular job over the other.

Mark