Some comments on other blogs that carried this were 1) How about 4 years of military service?; and 2) How about giving birth and raising a child?  It’s a complete fallacy that the CEO of a company would necessarily make a good president.  Corporate CEOs to a large extent run their companies as dictators.  The skill set is completely different than that required by the president, who must lead, bargain, compromise, politicize, etc.  Michael Bloomberg has done well as Mayor of NYC, but has declined to even think about running for the presidency.  That’s why Jack Welch, who ran one of the most complex corporations in the world, GE, declined to think about running.  Mitt Romney, Herman Cain and Donald Trump all ran relatively small businesses (Trump managed to bankrupt a few, nonetheless).  George W. Bush likewise ran a small business which he bankrupted.  They can mock community organizers all they want, but anybody who has ever tried to organize needy communities knows how difficult it can be.