# No Repub President without Nixon or Bush since 1928 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213 "2012-11-07T13:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/1 "2012-11-07T13:59:19Z")
This showed up on my TV this morning: > [@](#): > > Every Republican President that has been elected since 1928 had a Nixon or a Bush on the ticket It’s surprising but true, and I had to explain it to our daughter. It’s like the quip that “Until Andrew Jackson, every president was either from Virginia or named Adams” (with its equivalent that every president until Jackson that wasn’t from Virginia was named Adams) This – this – is clearly why Romney lost. Maybe they shoulda run Jeb. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/2 "2012-11-07T14:09:38Z")
Or Cynthia Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/3 "2012-11-07T14:13:24Z")
That is _such_ a Miranda thing to say. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/4 "2012-11-07T15:30:16Z")
I guess this settles the Springsteen vs Kid Rock debate. The winner will be whichever one picks Mojo Nixon as their running mate. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/5 "2012-11-07T19:14:39Z")
Chuck Todd brought this up last night. He thought a Jeb 2016 run was inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/6 "2012-11-07T20:11:57Z")
That stat left me gobsmacked. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/7 "2012-11-07T20:14:29Z")
Relevant [XKCD](http://www.xkcd.com/1122/) which explains the whole thing, as per usual. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-repub-president-without-nixon-or-bush-since-1928/640213/8 "2012-11-07T21:29:11Z")
I was trying to recall whether [Charles Curtis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Curtis) was a Nixon or a Bush relative, until I remembered that “since” and “not since” aren’t quite the same thing.