In the Washington Post today, David Broder discovers what the rest of us have already been talking about: none of the leading Democratic candidates for President have executive experience, putting them at a serious disadvantage to their Republican counterparts:
It was fascinating to watch the three top contenders for the Democratic nomination discuss their concept of the presidency during Tuesday night’s MSNBC debate in Las Vegas. But it was also stunning to realize that the three current and former senators who have survived the shakeout process — Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards — have not a day of chief executive experience among them.
By contrast, the Republican field is loaded with people who are accustomed to being in charge of large organizations. Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee were governors of their states of Massachusetts and Arkansas, Rudy Giuliani served as the mayor of New York, and John McCain, as he likes to remind audiences, commanded the largest squadron in the Navy air wing.
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All of this places an unusually heavy burden on the three Democrats to show they can do more than talk a good game of leadership — and actually lead.
Its not only executive experience, but experience in general that the Democratic frontrunners lack. Add together the time they've all spent in national office and they still don't equal John McCain's time in the Senate. Can the Democrats convince American voters that seven years or less of legislative experience at the national level is enough preparation to occupy the Oval Office? (via Capt. Ed)
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