Romney pitches a Constitutional requirement

Romney pitches a Constitutional requirement that would keep Lincoln, Eisenhower, and others from being President. http://bit.ly/JRC3BC

Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Governor Mitt Romney decided to share an
idea with his audience——an idea calling for a constitutional amendment requiring that a three year business background be required as a prerequisite for becoming President of the United States.

So, how good is this latest Romney’s idea? Would we be a better nation had the Founders been clever enough to include such a requirement in their original draft of the U.S. Constitution?

Had our Founders shared in the wisdom of the Romney proposal,  it would have been bye bye Honest Abe Lincoln.  While Lincoln twice attempted to start a business, he was such a miserable failure at the process that neither business lasted more than a year and left him deeply in debt. Thus, he would have failed the three year test of Romney’s concept of what he believes is required to be an adequate president.