The Experience Thing

Rudy Giuliani and John McCain both agree that if they wind up running against Barack Obama their go-to line of attack will be against his lack of experience. Having just watched the experience issue fail for Hillary Clinton in Iowa, I'm left wondering if experience has ever worked well as an issue in presidential politics. Not for HW Bush in 1992. Not for Richard Nixon in 1960. I could be wrong, but what are the big counterexamples out there?

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/01/the-experience-thing/47767/