A loaded question. Your daughter, of course. :)
Given a choice between thinkers and doers (of similar IQ), I prefer the company of people who make things.
Me too. But in this technological age the distinction is blurring. In the best universities, in the sciences and engineering, professors are quite often very good at doing (Who's better than a first-rate experimental scientist at testing the limits of our understanding?). It's in the social sciences where you find trouble - air-headed, unsubstantiated theories passed off as unchallangeable and other such outrages.
Since any discussion of smart or dumb politicians will eventually lead to Bush, I think he is a great manager. He has excellent judgement in his choice of advisors, a good sense of the limitations of the presidency (the ability to accomplish only two or three important things), and great priorities.