lacked executive experience, which he did. it was a received wisdom that governors were the best to run for president and become presidents, thanks to jimmy carter and ronald reagan and bill clinton and bush 43. there are a bunch of governors polling at like 2% less even though like deblasio, they had to deal with the inevitable difficulties and compromises and conflict of doing so. the rise of donald trump from failed business man to creepy host to experience theorists to twitter beef starter had the effect of making it seem like well, maybe anyone can be president. it's a question worth considering for voters. whether extended experience does matter in preparing someone for the hardest job in the world. i'm alex trebek here to tell you