John Glenn president would help unite the country. Glenn believed his experience as a senator from Ohio was ideal, due to the state's diversity. Glenn thought that Teddy Kennedy could win the election, but after Kennedy's announcement in late 1982 that he would not seek the presidency, Glenn thought he had a much better chance of winning. He hired a media consultant to help him with his speaking style. Glenn announced his candidacy for president on April 21, 1983 in the John Glenn High School gymnasium. He started out the campaign out-raising the front-runner, Mondale. He also polled the highest of any
John Glenn (screenwriter) John Glenn (screenwriter) John Patrick Glenn is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Glenn was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and worked as a musician prior to moving to Los Angeles. Glenn began his screenwriting career in 2000, selling the spec script for the film Red World to Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Pictures. Subsequently, Glenn worked on films including "Journey to the Center of the Earth" with producer Richard Zanuck, "Clash of the Titans" with producer Adam Schroeder and "Law Abiding Citizen" with director F. Gary Gray. In 2008, he wrote the original draft for the Steven Spielberg produced feature