United States Senate career of Barack Obama

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jarasan — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 04:27:34 GMT

I think governors typically make better POTUSes they aren't so ideologically bent like senators and have much more practical executive experiences.

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JAP69 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:32:31 GMT

______________________________________<br /><br />Yeah and they talk about Cruz being a first term senator. <br /><br />We elect senators to go there and do what the job description calls for. Not to sit around and move up the food chain.

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JAP69 — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:28:28 GMT

United States Senate career of Barack Obama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate

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Although a newcomer to Washington, he recruited a team of established, high-level advisers devoted to broad themes that exceeded the usual requirements of an incoming first-term senator.[17] Obama hired Pete Rouse, a 30-year veteran of national politics and former chief of staff to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, as his chief of staff, and economist Karen Kornbluh, former deputy chief of staff to Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, as his policy director.[18] His key foreign policy advisers have included former Clinton administration officials Anthony Lake and Susan Rice, as well as Samantha Power, author on human rights and genocide (who resigned March 7, 2008).[19

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