In the end, they maintain, Republican primary voters simply will not nominate for President a man who has never held public office.

Indeed, no incumbent governor has been nominated for President in the three decades since primaries proliferated.

Only two candidates were nominated for President, who is elected by the 33-member Nitijela.

But there's no way the party would ever nominate him for President with that dirty laundry in his background.

This nationwide popularity led the Democrats to nominate him for President in 1880.

No serving Senate majority leader in this century has been nominated for President.

Harding was nominated for President on the tenth ballot, after some voting shifted in their allegiance.

None has been nominated for President since 1948.

But political professionals say they do not believe the party would nominate a black for President.

Dewey was the only Republican to be nominated for President twice and lose both times.