How long in politics before becoming President?

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Politics before they were elected president.

Tags: Politics, Reagan

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2 Responses to “How long in politics before becoming President?”

1. banjo Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 12:02 am

   The better politician is not always the better choice.

2. greenman Says:
   January 23rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm

   Reagan had been the governor of California and Clinton had been the governor of Arkansas.

   Neither Obama or McCain have had any executive experience at all. Palin is the only one with any direct leadership experience. Obama has the least experience of any of them. He had been president of the Harvard Law Review, but never had anything published. To put this in the proper perspective, my granddaughter held a similar position at the University of Texas, not the president but some position of honor. I have forgotten what it was. It is a feather in their caps, but not necessarily a rarity. Somebody gets this honor bestowed upon them each year.

   For the most part, in his evasiveness, Obama has been the least straight forward in elements of his politics, making him the riskiest of the candidates thus the less suitable for the presidency.

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