Do the candidates pass the resume screen test?
That’s better. As I said in my 2004 essay on Hiring a President, the country would be better off if we worried less about who had the best soundbite, or other trivia. Rather we should do what well-run corporations do: put partisan views aside and hire the best person for the job. The first part of the hiring process is the resume screen. If I’m looking to hire a VP of engineering, and I get a resume with 6 years of experience in Sales, that resume gets immediately rejected, no matter how wonderful the person may be. In this election, all four contenders are senators or governors and thus are feasible candidates for the job; they can’t be rejected for their resume alone. Obama may be on the low side for experience by a presidential candidate (with 8 years IL senate and 4 years US senate), but so were Abraham Lincoln (8 years IL house and 2 years US house), Ronald Reagan (8 years CA governor), and John F. Kennedy (6 years MA house, 7 years US senate), the three top-rated presidents of al
