[Big_Monkey]

"So please tell me what presidential attributes do these all including Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton, Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Jon Huntsman, Mike Sanford, Eric Cantor, etc have that Sarah Palin doesn’t."

Well, I'm not the press agent for any of the aforementioned, but I'll give it a shot.

Mitt Romney - BYU - Class Valedictorian, Harvard JD AND MBA, Founded Bain Capital(the preeminent capital mgmt. company in the country), Organized a disorganized Olympics, Ran a state with ten times the population of AK.

Mike Huckabee - No idea, Huckster's got a thin resume himself.

Hillary Clinton - Grad/with honors from Wellesly & Yale.

Bobby Jindal - Brown Grad, Magna Cum Laude, Rhodes Scholar.

Tim Pawlenty - Honors student, Minnosata undergrad and Law School

Jon Hunstman - Don't know anything about him.

Mark Sanford - BBS Fuhrman w/honors, UVA Business School MBA

Eric Cantor - GW Undergrad, MS from Columbia, JD William & Marry

Almost everyone listed not only went to a good college (although that's not a Presidential requirement) but they excelled at Academics while there (which should be a requirement). Additionally, everyone of them were deeply involved in a number of organizations while in school and held leadership positions in those organization as well. And what else? I'm quite sure that every one of the above could name about 10 daily publications that they read - BECAUSE THEY READ THEM. And, they all speak like they've been to college and STUDIED while they were there.

I don't think it's too much to ask that our possible Commander & Chief read something other than what comes up on a google search.

[mbraynard]

You are missing more important facts about Jindal and Sanford. Jindal was given a HUGE government portfolio at a very young age by W and handled it brilliantly - after turning around a similar government agency in Louisiana.

Sanford is a business creator as well, with tremendous success in the private sector. He use to work on Wall Street and has a rare grasp of the details of the problems that the country is facing.

[mbraynard]

Ah - but you also forgot. None of those guys ever won a beauty pagent - so THERE!

[Huck]

but they excelled at Academics while there (which should be a requirement).

I wouldn't make it a requirement. College is overrated. Demonstrated intelligence and ACCOMPLISHMENT goes a long way in my book. Good college is nice, but not a deal breaker.

[Obushma]

Again, I say to you the learned scholar who currently occupies (dare I say usurps) the oval office has many of those credentials and more and so far he’s the worst we’ve had. No thanks I’ll take Sarah from good ol Idaho State, you can keep all the duds with their fancey school’n.