>Hi Tamar,
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>Fair points. Perhaps I worded my statement badly. I'm certain that Obama is a very bright man; I'll expand that to say that not one of our major party candidates in the history of the country could be considered dumb or even average.
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>But that's not a sole qualification: It's how you've used those brains in your run-up to the candidacy. I mean, how far do you have to look back in Presidential elections to find someone with less applicable executive experience? (Rumination pause here - lol)....

Depends, of course, on whether you want _successful_ executive experience? AIUI, GWB was unsuccessful in all his business ventures.

Tamar