How do you think President Obamas age and relative inexperience in national politics will affect his presidency?
I think it is important to realize that President Obama is not the youngest president in U.S. history. Theodore Roosevelt was 42 when he became president, Kennedy was 43, Clinton was 46. Obama is 47. It might be helpful to remember that some of the presidents with the greatest overall “experience levels” in their earlier political careers fared very poorly as president. James Buchanan comes to mind here. He had much political experience, in fact a glittering political resume. Yet his performance in the White House has been rated widely as a failure. What advice do you have for President Obama? First, I would advise President Obama that his impressive popularity will inevitably begin to decline and that he should be prepared to push key elements of his program sooner rather than later. Second, I would recommend that while his efforts to strengthen ties with congressional Republicans are entirely appropriate, he must not take his own congressional party for granted. Third, I would advise
