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Mike,

You're forgetting history...Look back on the presidents of the recent past: Dwight Eisenhower was an Army General with no prior experience. Kennedy was a short term Senator. Johnson - career politician. Nixon - well was Nixon, career politician, nuff said. Ford - career politician. Jimmy Carter was a one term governor. The Republican deity Ronald Reagan was a two term governor (and a pretty crappy one if you ask me) with no other prior experience. Daddy Bush was VP plus a bunch of appointments. Clinton - a governor of a minor state. Bush Jr. gov of a large state.

So we've had a mix of career politicians and newbies. Some good. Some not so good. So you really can't make any general risk determination based only on experience alone.

But back on topic: way too much attention has been focused on who is supporting the many candidates but little has been focused on who is advising the candidates. I'm much more interested in who is telling McCain that the market is working wrt health care? Or who does BHO go to for economic advice? These are the likely members of their administrations and will have a large influence in policy. The Rev. Wright will not.

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