The one I take issue with is the "although I lacked experience" line.   "Experience" relevant to being a US President is not a clearly defined concept, but you could very cogently argue that Obama had more of such relevant experience* than GWB did when he became President, as much or more than Abraham Lincoln did and experience comparable to a number of other US Presidents. I take the "lacks experience" meme as political propaganda thrown out by Obama's rivals (including Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton), not something widely agreed on by historians or relatively non-partisan political analysts.



Obama is a Constitutional scholar, having taught Constitutional law at a prestigious university. He served 6 years, I think, in the Illinois state legislature and 3 years in the US Senate before running for President.    Plus, there are many aspects of being an effective community organizer in large urban areas that are relevant to the kinds of organizational, administrative, and negotiating skills called for in being a chief executive.   It's interesting that so many people think having only military experience constitutes a fine resume for a US President but so many other kinds of occupational and educational experience do not.