Perhaps, I'm missing something (which wouldn't be the first time)....

If the potential office-holder does not have the education, training and experience to fulfill all of the duties and tasks required of the office-holder, then the potential office-holder will either be destined to make some serious errors-in-judgment despite having the best of intentions or be darned lucky.

So far, neither potential office-holder has indicated who will be among their key advisors, and apparently much of necessary education, training and experience will have to be from those advisors.

So, the bet then becomes which candidate - through a combination of personal education, training and experience; combined with that of his advisors - can best be President.

Again, since neither candidate has disclosed who will fill these key advisor roles, the only comparative is their personal qualifications.

I guess I am not much of a risk-taker, because I have a darned hard time accepting the "trust me, I can change things" Pied Piper concept. Change as a rallying cry can be hypnotic, especially among the young who rebel against everything associated with the "old folks." And if there is going to be change, then there had better be more than "inspiring rhetoric" behind it or we will all Pay the Piper big time!

There are many things I'd like to see changed, but several of those only require tweaking rather than being gutted. And some of those things I'd like changed run totally counter to the position of both Parties.

Most of all, I don't want change which only results in a bigger tax bite taken out of my hide.

The last few weeks of the campaign will hopefully bring more substance than style. As a woefully analytical type, I like reviewing detailed documents which describe the what, when, how and how much for any continuation of action, as well as for any change or new start.

Depending on the item/action/program, change can hurt a whole lot more than status quo. The skill most necessary of the President is to recognize which remains, which is tweaked, and which is gutted. Broad-brushing it all into one package is too simplistic, but definitely hypnotic.