re: #221 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Yeah Obama wasn’t the most experienced or accomplished candidate either. And I’ll admit my preference is that a presidential candidate will have completed at least a full term in the governor’s office or Senate before running for prez. Candidates from the House or military are a bit different. But in general it’s preferable for a candidate to have been in the public eye for some time.

I prefer a bit of experience too hence why Obama wasn’t my first choice. I actually really liked Richardson and Biden because I thought both brought a lot of experience to the table. However, ultimately I do look at how a candidate surrounds himself with and his own demeanor. That’s something Obama passed on and something Cruz fails on. Obama could have and I’m glad he didn’t because he would have been accused of comparing himself ot Lincoln but Lincoln had one term in the House before being elected president. The most absurd though was when either Carly Fiorina or Meg Whitman tried to claim Palin being governor of Alaska for at that time a year and a half made her more experienced than either McCain, Obama, or Biden which was laughable given that McCain and Biden were first elected to office before Palin could even vote. But thinking about Biden, I think one of the things that made Biden such a wise pick for Obama is it was Obama showing that he wanted to pick a VP that would be good for him in the WH. McCain saw Palin as a ticket to victory but nothing else.