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Well, I would rather have a president that has experienced life on a more common level. I feel it would help them govern with real people in mind and the average, everyday concerns of us average people.

It does no good to act "presidential" if the end result is an out of touch "Obama" who has no clue what it takes to live in the real world.

Well, I would rather have a president that has experienced life on a more common level.

I agree. But note the media double standard:

George H.W. Bush was so "out of touch" that (the media claimed) he was baffled by a supermarket scanner. Obviously (they said) a rich guy who never had to deal with the real world was basically unfit to be president.
Sarah Palin (they now say) is so common -- why, she didn't even go to an Ivy League School! -- can you imagine someone who knows how to work in a fish processing plant actually serving as president?! How uncouth! We deserve better than that!

They never question anything about Obama, but any Republican is either too hoity-toity, or else too common. Any way you look at it, Republicans are unfit.

My own view is that this will backfire on the media and that people will see how real Palin is and decide that the country needs exactly that right now.