The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

To be fair though, by 1980 Reagan had a reasonably long record of executive leadership in private and public government.

You certainly had a longer record of Reagan as a political being than you do of Obama. I don't consider that much of an issue for Obama because I don't really have any doubt as to Obama's political persona. I'm definitely evaluating his leadership skills on less evidence than most candidates historically.