TotallyOz Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Looks like she is ready to take on Obama. What do you think? Has she got what it takes to get the Republican nomination? http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/27/bachmann.2012/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Quote
Guest Allessio77 Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 I am afraid of Ms. Bachmann. She is more formidable than I first imagined. Quote
Members alanalt Posted June 29, 2011 Members Posted June 29, 2011 Speaking generally, I don't think Congresspeople/Senators/legislators often make very good Presidents. Obviously, a lot of the same skills/attributes are required to get elected, but once in office I believe the requirements for a good elected official to act as one of several dozen (or hundred) legislators are different when you're the sole executive authority. I think Obama is an example of someone whose skills as a legislator have not translated well into his role as president (and it's small consolation for me to believe that McCain would likely have been even worse). So if I was a primary voter, I'd be less interested in someone who's public life has been spent solely in the state/federal legislature as opposed to someone with actual executive experience running a state or other large public/private body. Alan Quote
