Experience is Simply The Name We Give Our Mistakes

Nicholas Kristof answers the experience question.

"...think which politician is most experienced today in the classic sense, and thus — according to the “experience” camp — best qualified to become the next president.

That’s Dick Cheney. And I rest my case."

Eeeek.

He also points out the three most qualified Dems are out of the race and that John McCain has the most experience in the field on either side.

These, he says are the real---and only real---differences among the three D's:

"Mrs. Clinton’s strength is her mastery of the details of domestic and foreign policy, unrivaled among the candidates; she speaks fluently about what to do in Pakistan, Iraq, Darfur. Mr. Obama’s strength is his vision and charisma and the possibility that his election would heal divisions at home and around the world. John Edwards’s strength is his common touch and his leadership among the candidates in establishing detailed positions on health care, poverty and foreign aid."

How, then to choose?

Perhaps Wilde was right.