Experience

If ever you hear Republicans argue that Barack Obama's lack of experience is reason not to vote for him, say this:

1. The Bush Administration--with Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, David Addington, Paul Wolfowitz, Stephen Hadley, John Ashcroft, and company--had more combined experience than any previous administration in history... and look where that got us.
2. The last time Americans elected a legislator from Illinois with only a few years of experience we were rewarded with one of the best presidents ever: Abraham Lincoln.

Judgment, policies, and knowledge, not experience, are of utmost importance.