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John D, I'm a believer that microeconomic issues translate just fine to macroeconomics. VT is generally a poor state. Folks there make a low salary comparatively. Yet, housing is not cheap. And, goods cost as much. Yet, the people there generally enjoy a better quality of life ("QOL"). I think being able to adequately manage such a small state and its concerns, and do it so well, can very well prepare someone to run the country. VT's 600,000 folks divided into three distinct geographic regions, with some heavy pockets of money/new-wave academes and Yuppies (Burlington environs) as well as heavy pockets of abject poverty, present a full panopoly of issues and concerns.
Besides, I really don't want D.C. micromanaging Alabama or Kentucky's affairs. I don't need a President who tells Mayor Daley how to run Chicago -- I want one who is able to allow Mayor Daley to do his job for himself (as disgruntled as I am with the Mayor these days).
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