Virginia,

Not sure if your reply was directed to me, or to Ken Barber (which is why I
usually prefer Kendall - there's always at least on other Ken in the mix,
but very few Kendall's. an exception to this was the political science
department head when I was an undergrad in PoliSci; he was Kendall too, and
used his full name for the same reason), but I agree that experience
(particularly executive experience) shouldn't be the only deciding factor in
selecting a candidate.  I think it will be one thing that will used against
Obama in a general election campaign if he is the Democratic nominee.

LBJ's heart condition and overall health were definite factors in his
decision not to run in '68, but I'm sure you're correct in that a loss of
support by the party over conduct of the VietNam war was also a contribuing
factor.  Just wish the Republicans had tempered their support for Bush in
'04 over the conduct of the war in Iraq.

On Jan 8, 2008 11:23 AM, Virginia Perry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Ken,
>
> As I understand it, LBJ's health was a factor. He didn't want the American
> public to lose another sitting president so soon after Kennedy. One of my
> sources says LBJ had an actuarial study done in 1967 to see how long he had
> to live. In fact, he died in January 1973, so his instinct in that was
> pretty accurate. Of course, his party wasn't very supportive, either, due to
> all the flak LBJ was taking on Vietnam. I sometimes wonder what he could
> have accomplished if he hadn't been saddled with Vietnam -- if he'd been
> able to really focus on his War on Poverty.
>
> But I guess my overall point was that experience shouldn't always be THE
> deciding factor in an election.> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:03:18 -0700> From:
> [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Obama experience> To:
> [log in to unmask]> > Virginia, et al,> > Carter ran in '76 as an
> "outside the Beltway" candidate, and relied on his> executive experience in
> Georgia. Reagan ran as an "outside the Beltway"> candidate in 1980, and
> relied on his executive experience as Governor of> California. Clinton ran
> as an "outside the Beltway" candidate in '92, and> relied on his executive
> experience as governor of Arkansas. Johnson had a> lot of Washington
> experience, and was vice president under Kennedy, which> helped him a lot in
> his election in 1964. It would have been interesting to> see what would have
> happened if LBJ had run in '68.> On Jan 4, 2008 5:40 PM, Virginia Perry <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:> > > Historical note: Nixon won his first term as
> president at least partly> > because he ran as the more experienced
> candidate (he'd been vice-president> > before). More experience can be
> better, but it isn't always a guarantee of> > quality
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