Reply #5: Just remember,

[Island Blue]

a red state governor has gotten us into the huge mess we are in now. Granted he was a Repuke state governor, but a governor none-the-less. We are going to need someone with experience and knowledge of how Washington works to help us get out of the mess I'm afraid.

I know folks often like the idea a a governor becoming president, but how many examples of that turning out really well do we actually have? In modern history, Carter (bless his heart) was not a very effective President and Reagan and Bush II just make me shudder. You could say Clinton held his own, but I think the world has become a whole hell of a lot more complicated in the 4+ years since he occupied the WH (thanks to its current resident).

I think we should be looking for the person who can do the job most effectively. Period. Whoever it is, he or she is going to have to make a lot of very difficult decisions that will surely piss a lot of people off. There is a big mess in Washington right now, and we better be damn sure the next President is up to the task of cleaning it up! Maybe for now we should drop the labels and start looking at the person.