One of the frequent criticisms of Barack Obama leveled by both the GOP and HRC was is lack of "experience" as a public servant, particularly in the area of foreign affairs.
The historical pattern would seem to indicate that it doesn't really matter -- presidents with vast prior experience before coming to office as well as those with little prior experience both seem to become high and low performers once in office.
Michael Genovese made several interesting observations about this argument in a historical context today at our morning meeting with the Washington Center Campaign 2008 faculty and students and presented the following pattern of experience versus performance in both domestic and foreign affairs:
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