As much as it has been the center-piece of attacks by both campaigns, experience is a heavily over-rated attribute when it comes to the presidency. The same is true of all executive positions, and I have seen countless companies run into the ground because they choose a president/CEO for the company because he had more experience than an internal candidate ... the worst thing about these executives is they generally move from one company they ran into the ground to another company where they will run it into the ground because of people’s focus on experience.
What is really important from someone in an executive position is the ability to listen to people of a wide variety of viewpoints and to be able to make (and act upon) decisions which are best suited to resolve as many issues as were brought up.
