What qualifications or characteristics do you think a president should have? Which of the recent presidents, if any, have had these qualifications or...

Like post #4,
I place the highest importance on intelligence, but would actually use the word
"wisdom" instead. Any leader, but especially the Commander in Chief of the United
States, needs to be well-read and experienced in many things. But he or she also needs to be
able to choose advisors, make decisions, problem-solve, and know what to say and when, or what
not to say and when.

All of these things can be summed up as
having wisdom.