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You need to be rich and well connected.

• bdangubic 11mo ago
  Obama was neither
  • harvey9 11mo ago
    He might have started out as neither but to get a run at the party nomination required that he developed some good connections first.
    • bdangubic 11mo ago
      yea for sure POTUS (or even just party candidate) will eventually be both you you don’t need to be either to begin with (though it obviously helps, more and more countries are choosing billionaires to run them :) )
  • chickensong 11mo ago
    He was a Harvard graduate, published author, senator, millionaire, prior to running for president.