Apr. 10, Interview - When Barack Obama, John McCain or Hillary Clinton win the presidency this year, it will be the first time since John F Kennedy that a senator has made it to the White House. Others have tried like Senator Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Senator George McGovern in 1972 yet neither was able to make it to the top spot.

Election Unspun Producer Karen Miller spoke with James Campbell Chair of the Political Science Department of Buffalo University, the State University of New York on the challenges a Senator faces when running for the top executive.

"Senators have not had a terrific track record in running for president. they have a very well documented record on thousands of pieces of legislation, and so the opposition certainly has a lot of material to sift through and find instances where votes could be interpreted in ways that would not do the candidate much good."

".. sure, between now and when Congress goes out of session, that there will be multiple votes on issues that will try to put on the record a candidate in voting for or against something that may do them some political harm or political good in some cases."