Experience Matters

Leaving political views aside, it is difficult to argue with Paul Mirengoff's assertion that there is a "stature gap" between the three presidential aspirants currently leading the Republican field (Giuliani, McCain, and Romney) and those leading the Democrats (H. Clinton, Obama, and Edwards). Mirengoff suggests that the better resumes, not the ideologies, of the Republican pacesetters may offer the best hope for a GOP victory in 2008.

Among the Democrats, it could be credibly argued that only Clinton has adequate political experience for the position.