Presidential long shots still plugging away - Los Angeles Times

Presidential long shots still plugging away - Los Angeles Times: "George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis and Bill Clinton were national unknowns before winning the Democratic presidential nominations in, respectively, 1972, 1976, 1988 and 1992. Carter and Clinton went from faint blips in the early polls to the White House. 'What every unknown candidate is relying on is they want to be hit by lightning,' said former Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio, who never surpassed single digits in Gallup polling in his short-lived 2000 presidential try."