Who's the tallest of them all? A tit bit about height and power in US politics: American presidential candidates Height is might May 23rd 2007 From Economist.com IT IS a myth that the taller guy always wins the presidential race. Al Gore (6' and a bit) and John Kerry (a looming 6'4') both looked down on George Bush (5'11'), but lost to him. Yet height does triumph more often than not. Over the past century or so, once the race is down to two contenders, the taller man has won on 16 occasions and the shorter only eight times. For 2008 one would think that the Republicans' lofty Fred Thompson has a decent shout, assuming he will declare himself a contender. John McCain, somewhat vertically challenged, may struggle. The Democrats' Barack Obama is helpfully tall. What of Hillary Clinton? We have given her an extra five inches in our graphic—the difference between the average American man and woman—which lifts her above, by a nose, the overall front-runner, Rudy Giuliani. Source: - http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=7933596&story_id=9215769