As others have said; no candidate needs to know all the minutiae of the myriad of subjects a President has to deal with; that's why the President has a staff, a Cabinet and a host of other Secretary's and advisers. I have sat thru literally hundreds of 4-Star level video teleconferences (Full Disclosure: Because of the type job I performed; not what my rank was ...I was a VERY small cog on a very small gear in a very large gear train) and if folks on FR think Flag Officers know everything about everything under their command they are badly deluded. That's why GO’s have staffs and subordinate Commanders; and why those Commanders have staffs and SME’s (subject matter experts). In terms of decision making, it all works to sort out what is most important and move those priority items up thru the chain of command; ultimately to where the final decisions are made. The bottom line is that the same process occurs for decisions that are ultimately made at the White House.
I want a person at the top who is honest, intelligent and has the character and drive to be a leader. I don't want another Beltway insider who will ultimately prostitute whatever values they espoused for power and political expediency
The eventual winner in Iowa (bad enough), or overall (disastrous)?