They'd have to be. One priceless perk a lieutenant governor gets is a leg up. On the next election. But nationally, two No. Coolidge went from No. 2 in his state to No. 2 in the nation, then succeeded Harding upon his death.
Scholars rate both presidents, by the way, as among the nation's worst.
But at least Coolidge had the right perspective on his old job. There is a story about the time he told a woman that he was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Robert Zausner is an Inquirer staff writer.