Hmm. While I like Obama quite a bit and think that good judgment is of course hugely important, I think that experience counts for quite a bit in the Presidency. As both the Carter and Clinton administrations proved, a lack of experience can really hurt one's ability to get one's agenda passed. and given how bad Bush has been I think that it's important that we hit the ground running.
Also, I think that it's unfair to write off Clinton's experience in the White House. She was certainly the most hands on First Lady of a long time, under her the office of the First Lady was probably almost as effective as the office of the Vice-President and I certainly put Gore's VP experience into the equation when I voted for him.
Finally, in the interest of truth-spreading, John Edwards was Senator for a full term winning election in 1998. And if you're going to fault him for spending 1.5 years out of 6 campaigning for President, then surely it's at least as bad for Obama who has spent 1 year out of 3 on the Presidential trail.
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Also, I think that it's unfair to write off Clinton's experience in the White House. She was certainly the most hands on First Lady of a long time, under her the office of the First Lady was probably almost as effective as the office of the Vice-President and I certainly put Gore's VP experience into the equation when I voted for him.
Finally, in the interest of truth-spreading, John Edwards was Senator for a full term winning election in 1998. And if you're going to fault him for spending 1.5 years out of 6 campaigning for President, then surely it's at least as bad for Obama who has spent 1 year out of 3 on the Presidential trail.