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I'm asking this mainly because of the recent presidential speculation about Ben Carson, but this could also apply to other potential candidates whose names have been bounced around that have never held political office. Even if a candidate is a well spoken, intelligent, and successful individual whose policies you almost completely agree with, is that enough to make up for the lack of ever holding any sort of political office or working for the government on any level. Can that candidate be better than those who, although you might agree with them a little less, have extensive executive and/or legislative experience. Can this candidate overcome what I assume would be a large learning curve that other candidates would not have?