Word: exgovernor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Price cites the 1980 effort of California Governor Jerry Brown as an example. "An exgovernor like Reagan could get away for that length of time, but Jerry Brown found it very difficult. The process takes people away from experience in governing." Arthur Maas, professor of Government, uses the example of Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, who "had many qualities that just didn't come out, while the strengths of Reagan did." Like Wilson, Maas notes, "a convention method might give more attention to those qualities"--which he identifies as integrity, leadership and the capacity to organize a good staff...