Thanks, Bart, and Larry and NA. Yes, I had two ideas going about mayors and somehow attempted to cram them into one sentence. Argh. Yes, I know Cory is a US Senator, and did not mean to erase his tenure from the history books. And yes, one can cite Obama and JFK as Senators who leaped successfully from first terms to the WH. The other, Bart, was Warren Harding, whose presidency might (haha) support better my notion about "too green to run." Really, the same could be said of JFK. I confess to taking a rather military view in regard to high office, i.e. you have to spend several decades rising before they let you be a general or an admiral. IMO Obama was a fluke - he just happened to be extraordinary and at the right time and place.