What does it take to be Pres. of the USA?

[AztecWilliam]

Here's a look at two very different trios of recent Presidents and what their stories tell us about the qualities needed to succeed in the Oval Office.

www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_our_post_modern_presidents_fail_9MKHR3ZhrLhWjxrtwsjAbL

AzWm

[aztecwin]

Pretty rough on Clinton and Bush, but absolutly brutal on Obama.

[AztecWilliam]

I'm sure that some will be unhappy with the take on Clinton and Obama. In the case of the former, it's clear that Ol' Bill's sexual self-indulgence prevented him from doing many good things that he might otherwise have done. As for the latter, it's too bad that a little voice in the back of his mind did not say to him, "Don't you think that you are just a bit too inexperienced to be President?"

Peters is exactly right in his appraisal of Clinton's and Obama's motives in seeking the presidency. I'm not so sure that W had longed to ride in Air Force One to the degree the others did, but who knows.

The bottom line, per Peters, is this; excessive ambition is probably not the best pre-requisite for the office of President of the United States. Certainly in the case of Obama, the road leading to the Oval Office has been just a bit too easy.

AzWm