Monday, January 21, 2008

Experience matters? Nah...


There is a great op-ed in the NY Times by one of the most intelligent writers on the Times editorial boards...Nick Kristoff.

He makes a very compelling argument (in favor of Obama over Hillary) that experience is a poor predictor of success as a President. In fact, he states, some of the presidents with the most experience (McKinley, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, HW Bush) were some of the worst presidents.

Check it out...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/opinion/20kristof.html?em&ex=1201064400&en=56246b39bf197e5b&ei=5087%0A

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