# What Experience is Obama Lacking?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 17, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-experience-is-obama-lacking/388370 "2007-01-17T20:40:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-experience-is-obama-lacking/388370/41 "2007-01-19T23:40:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Krokodil]  
Obama’s sole accomplishment was giving a stirring speech at the last Democratic convention. That’s more than I’ve ever done, but it’s not quite to the level of Presidency.  
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Giving a good speech gave David Cameron the start he needed to gain the leadership of the Tory party. Perhaps he’ll win the next election and become Prime Minister, but I doubt it.

Neither Margaret Thatcher nor Tony Blair were exactly burdened with high-level experience when they became Prime Ministers: MT had a couple of years experience in Ted Heath’s cabinet, and TB had none.

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