Is Barack Obama qualified to be President of the United States?

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Caroline Kennedy

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

"I think he'll make a tremendous president, tremendous leader."
12/23/2008 11:22:41 PM

Eric Holder

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

"I think he'll do just fine. I think he's uniquely qualified to be president."
11/20/2008 2:23:09 PM

Paul Volcker

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

Volcker swayed by Obama's ability to unite the country.
11/13/2008 10:03:52 AM

Jack Welch

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

I actually think that he's going to be successful. He is something very special, and his leadership is evident every time he speaks
11/11/2008 10:13:59 AM

Fareed Zakaria

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

"That's leadership."
11/9/2008 7:49:25 PM

Hugh Hewitt

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.

he is also the least prepared and the least informed
11/4/2008 4:32:58 PM

Tom Hanks

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

"I want Barack Obama to be the next president of our country."
11/4/2008 4:09:43 PM

Chuck Norris

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.

If he cannot take decisive action as a senator in the greatest nation on earth, how in the world is he going to make critical and emergency decisions as the president?
11/4/2008 3:29:19 PM

Wall Street Journal

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

ability to organize a campaign speaks well of his potential to manage a government
11/4/2008 2:54:14 PM

Madeleine Albright

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

Barack Obama is not only prepared but the best possible person to be president at a time when things are so unsettled and America's reputation is in such bad shape
11/4/2008 2:26:14 PM

John Hodgman

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

"I think that makes him a good choice for President"
11/4/2008 1:30:07 PM

Fred Dalton Thompson

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.

the "most inexperienced nominee to ever run for president."
10/30/2008 9:38:20 AM

John McCain

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.

I honestly don't believe that Senator Obama has the knowledge or experience
10/29/2008 12:24:27 AM

David Gergen

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

I think he's established in the public's mind now that he is certainly as qualified to be president as John McCain.
10/27/2008 4:31:38 PM

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

In a word, Mr. Obama has been presidential
10/27/2008 4:29:17 PM

Sara Rogers

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

[Obama] has more than enough experience to be commander-in-chief.
10/27/2008 4:20:38 PM

Houston Chronicle

Barack Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

He is by far the best choice to deliver the changes that Americans demand.
10/27/2008 4:17:11 PM

Charles Krauthammer

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.

Palin is not ready. Nor is Obama.
10/27/2008 4:00:24 PM

R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.

"...it is apparent that he has almost no experience governing anything."
10/27/2008 3:59:07 PM

Rudy Giuliani

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States.

"the least experienced candidate for president of the United States in at least the last 100 years."
10/27/2008 3:58:47 PM