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Originally Posted by Jayhawk  Here's just a tiny smattering of opinion suggesting that inexperience and race will be key factors in the election:
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The MOST experienced Presidential candidate we have had in my lifetime would have had to be Nixon. US Navy, US House in 1946, US Senate, Vice President, Presidential Candidate in 1960 and then he won the White House in 1968.
We had the start of the Highest Inflation in this country's history under Nixon Economic policies. 11-12% inflation rates were common in his second term. The first Gas Crisis was in 1973.
He built the largest increase in federal government to that date [eclipsed by Reagan and Bush1.1] and instituted Wage and Price Controls.
With Vietnam, he continued to let the war linger for another 5 years with another 20,000 killed in process.
And then there was that little Watergate thing.
Experience is an interesting thing. While everyone likes to talk about the positives that comes with experience, most of the time there is also tremendous baggage that is also associated. When you need a change agent, baggage is not an option.
