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Romney's Running for the 2012 Olympics was MASTERFUL!!!
The last president who was elected based largely on his business prowess was Warren G Harding, an influential self-made newspaper publisher.
Harding is best remembered for The Teapot Dome Scandal and has been ranked as perhaps America's worst president.
Although William Henry Harrison died after serving only 32 days in office, he still ranks as the 38th most successful president - so what that say about Harding who ranks 43rd?
The moral of the story is that having a strong background in business has not produced good presidents - they require different skill sets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_Stateswho
You do realize that despite Harding's moral failings, the Harding/Coolidge administrations were one of the most economically successful eras of our nations history. They are the only recorded period where the unemployment rate was as low as 2%. And this was done after suffering from a Depression that was deeper than the 1929 Depression.
So I would argue that having a strong background in business has produced good Presidents and good times for the nation.