[Bill,
January 4, 2008]
Iowa Democrats weed out qualified candidates
I don't mean to pick on the Democrats. But they had two highly qualified candidates — Joe Biden and Chris Dodd. And they got no traction whatsoever.
Instead, Iowans chose as their first three candidates:
1. A one-term senator from Illinois who has no executive experience.
2. A trial lawyer and one-term senator from North Carolina who failed to take his home state as a VP candidate.
3. A former first lady who is into her second term as a senator from New York.
Dodd alone had about a billion times as much experience as all three of them together. Ditto Biden. Of the two, Dodd was the more capable communicator.
I mean this seriously: WTF?
I understand the power of television changes everything into entertainment. And there are all sorts of implications, including the nature of our presidential campaigning.
But shit. If you were an HR manager reviewing records and resumes, would you seriously pick Obama, Edwards and Clinton as the three most qualified candidates? Clearly, the most qualified candidates were Dodd, Biden and Richardson. So apparently, that's why they lost.
Instead, Iowans chose as their first three candidates:
1. A one-term senator from Illinois who has no executive experience.
2. A trial lawyer and one-term senator from North Carolina who failed to take his home state as a VP candidate.
3. A former first lady who is into her second term as a senator from New York.
Dodd alone had about a billion times as much experience as all three of them together. Ditto Biden. Of the two, Dodd was the more capable communicator.
I mean this seriously: WTF?
I understand the power of television changes everything into entertainment. And there are all sorts of implications, including the nature of our presidential campaigning.
But shit. If you were an HR manager reviewing records and resumes, would you seriously pick Obama, Edwards and Clinton as the three most qualified candidates? Clearly, the most qualified candidates were Dodd, Biden and Richardson. So apparently, that's why they lost.