>>It doesn't eliminate the inexperience argument at all. He still will have the final say; the rest can only recommend. How many times have you seen an experienced boss be surrounded with those with experience and still make stupid mistakes because he felt his course was the right action.
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>OTOH, even with someone with loads of experience, you can never know whether the previous history is any guide as to what the guy may do once in office. Pattern of behavior may be some guide, but only as to what one may do while having a boss and biding his time. Once in office, he may just start thinking "ah, NOW I CAN do this!"... Whatever it may be, it wasn't in the biography, because then he couldn't.
I always thought candidates just towed the line or played the game or played to the masses in order to get elected and then, if they were at the pinnacle of their careers, show their true colors. We'll just have to wait and see what those true colors are...
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