does anyone remember senator tunney

if senator tunney won relected to senate in 1976 would he of ever reached the national level of president or vice president? tunney was the son of boxer gene tunney who fought jack dempsey.tunney was the inspiration for the robert redford film the canidate.
 
Funny, I wondered the same thing a few days back. Superficially, he seems like he'd have the profile of a national leader. But I don't know anything about him, and he largely faded into obscurity after his loss.

I do know he was a close friend and associate of the Kennedys.
 
He was flash over substance. The only reason he won in the first place is Senator Murphy became ill and wasn't able to campaign much in 1970.
 
Perhaps you have missed the point?

If indeed Tunney was the inspiration for McKay in 'The Candidate' (and if this was a fair and reasonable depiction of him - which as I understand it, it was), wouldn't you say that his absence from future politics was a good thing? I mean, McKay was an empty suit, with no real ideas of his own, utterly manipulated by an unscrupulous campaign manager. Such a man, someone with no real executive experience or understanding of the world outside of his own bubble being elevated by shadowy outside forces to the presidency....

Oh, wait.... nevermind...
 
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