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Ditto what Phil said.

I'll add this: When are conservatives/Republicans going to stop looking at what short-term impressions somebody makes and start looking at actual records and experience and accomplishments?

I would give plenty of examples (starting in a very cold state), but then I'd get some nimrods mad at me.

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daboss| 3.12.09 @ 11:41AM

not me ... maybe Bob, though.

Real American| 3.12.09 @ 12:18PM

didn't the Dem nomination come down to two of the least experienced candidates ever?

Jeremiah| 3.12.09 @ 9:13PM

Real American --

Only if by "ever" you mean since George W. Bush was nominated.

Besides, what does "experience" matter. George H W Bush and Nixon were two of the most experienced candidates ever to run. Were their presidencies so successful? Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and W had roughly similar amounts of experience -- none of it all that interesting or important.

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