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Originally posted by wonderwench
9/11 changed the criteria for Presidential qualifications. At this point, Bush has been tested. Edwards has absolutely null foreign relations / national security experience.
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I don't recall the criteria for President's changing
If that were so then no one could run again unless they were Bush! Bush for president for life!
Sarcasm aside, I think it would be foolish to say that. Most people who run for this often have little to no experience at all honestly. Did Reagan have a whole lot of foreign relations experience? Nope, but many would agree he did his job.
If you look back at the long history of presidents, most haven't had this experience.
FDR: Pearl Harbor and WW2. Tough set of things to go through for any of the next few presidencies. I think we have done fine since then though.
Truman was a new senator as well and he took over in the midst of the greatest war in human history. Then through the early Cold War and Korean War.
Heck, honestly, most of the president's haven't had previous experience in these areas unless they were VPs.