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Experience counts and the claim of readiness for president
The article weighs how public figures like Bush Gore Clinton Reagan and Carter use experience as ammo in presidential contests. It recalls Lippmann’s critique of FDR and notes polls showing Americans value experience but do not demand it. It quotes analysts on how setting low expectations and track records shape voter perceptions and outcomes.
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Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Upstate
New York
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Joseph Lieberman
Gore
Bush
Clinton
Arkansas
George W. Bush
Texas
Bruce Cain
University of California
Berkeley
Cain
California
Reagan
White House
Pew-Newsweek
Walter Lippmann
Vention
Lippmann
Fdr
Roosevelt
Navy
Ford
Georgia
Carter
Walter Mondale