[blau993]

A Congressman would NEVER, possibly, ever, make a “good” President. Just look at Abraham Lincoln for instance.........

Lincoln was not a particular standout when he was in Congress. However, he was a highly competent, sophisticated, experienced and successful lawyer. He was anything but the frontier rube that is often his popular image. He was one of the leaders in the formation of the Republican Party. He was also a highly skilled orator, a very important skill to have at that time. My point is that he had amply demonstrated skills, abilities and leadership that would be important in the selection of a President. He was hardly "just some Congressman."

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Go to Wikipedia yourself and look up Michele Bachmann;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann#Early_career

The after you get through reading her countless legal, and former executive positions, also her law degree, then try to tell me she is less experienced than Palin.

Bachmann was also a State Senator and a very successful one at that.

[conservaterian]

Lincoln was not a particular standout when he was in Congress. However, he was a highly competent, sophisticated, experienced and successful lawyer. He was anything but the frontier rube that is often his popular image. He was one of the leaders in the formation of the Republican Party. He was also a highly skilled orator, a very important skill to have at that time. My point is that he had amply demonstrated skills, abilities and leadership that would be important in the selection of a President. He was hardly "just some Congressman."

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Why do I always see this Lincoln worship on this site? Lincoln was the LIBERAL of his time, the Republicans were the LIBERAL party! He was the left wing candidate in both 1860 and 1864. Was slavery wrong, yes. But Lincoln only ended it to keep England from supporting the south. The Republican Party did not become the conservatives until T.Roosevelt pulled the liberal wing from the party and tried to create a third party with them. Lincoln was against states rights, he trampled the Constitution, he was the main reason for the power moving from the states to the federal government, he destroyed the south. I wouldn't have voted for Lincoln then, I wouldn't vote for him now.