What happened with losing candidates in the last five U.S elections? Past the shocking results, return to civilian life is not to the taste of most of them.
Overexposed in the media during the campaign, the unsuccessful candidates of the election US presidential fall quickly into oblivion. If some are still rather discrete, others have shown that there is a life after the defeat.
John Kerry, Democratic candidate for the White House in 2004, remained very active in the countryside alongside Barack Obama. He knew including qualified Mitt Romney of "candidate-wikipedia" for its approximations in the discussions.
John Mc Cain, Republican candidate, rather succeeded his career after his loss to Obama in 2008. Senator from Arizona long uncompromising, especially on unpopular laws, the Times ranked him 5th in his famous list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
The new popularity of Al Gore, Nobel Prize for peace 2007 and icon for the problem of climate change, after the award-winning documentary 'A truth' that bothers, would almost forget that it ensured in 2000 against George Bush for the White House.
Bob Dole is no doubt one of the former candidates the most décridibilise, after his participation in an advertisement for Viagra, and a spot for Pepsi drink. It was noticed in 1996 to be the oldest candidate - 73ans-the history of elections.
Outgoing president George Bush father is in excellent health since his defeat in the 1992 elections which the ascent of Bill Clinton. In 2009, for 85 years, it celebrates its anniversary by parachute jump, a kind of ritual.
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