Still, although all successful candidacies are, in the end, the same — they reflect "the will of the people," after all — every failed candidacy fails in its own way, and in the case of Goldwater's there were two major wounds.
If Trump's candidacy fails, as Priebus and his colleagues are dearly hoping that it will, whoever wins the Republican nomination won't have to worry about Trump running as a third-party candidate: that's the theory, anyway.
When the Ashbrook candidacy failed to take off, National Review endorsed the Nixon-Agnew ticket.
Mr. Micheletti's candidacy failed, but as next in line for the presidency he took over after Mr. Zelaya's ouster.
Monks's candidacy failed, but not before he got a meeting with Mr. Brennan.He was met in the lobby of the then-Sears Tower by a top official, who would escort him to Mr. Brennan's office.Mr.Mr
In the 1980 Republican primary, for example, John B. Connally, the former Texas governor, became the first candidate to reject public money and outraise his rivals, but his candidacy failed to catch on.
Dexter was reluctant to give up his state post to run and sought a guarantee that he would receive another job if his candidacy failed.
The Granite State party chair's endorsement will also have benefits for Buckley, however, whose candidacy failed to gain traction in a race dominated by Ellison and Perez, who both enjoy major national backing.
Just last year he gamed the spotlight as John McCain's BFF, photo ops on a drug chasing Coast Guard boat in Columbia, speaking at the Republican convention, all heady events without apparent forethought to what would occur if McCain's candidacy failed, and it did.
But should her candidacy ultimately fail, there will be a lot of blame to spread around.
Khaled had helped his cousin campaign, but now he said that the candidacy had failed because of lack of effort.
