For the benefit of Sarah Palin's smug critics on the Left and the slopes of libertarianism, I proffer this column by WSJ's Bret Stephen's on the subject of experience.

To add my own two cents to Stephen's point: the experienced Neville Chamberlain was far more qualified to be Prime Minister than Harry Truman was to be President. Yet, the two men responded to belligerent totalitarianism in very different ways Readers might ask themsevles if that was a function of their experience or lack thereof, or if it stemmed from the content of their respective characters.