Do you thing being mayor qualifies you to run for President of the United States?

Question

I don't think being first lady qualifies you either..but she is a two-term senator from NY.

Answer 1

Looking at the current administration, I'd say pretty much anyone is qualified.

Answer 2

The only qualifications necessary to run for President are as follows:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

Now, if you're asking if someone who's been a mayor has experience, then I'd say yes. More so than most in this country; less so than a governor, perhaps.

Answer 3

Yes if he meets the below qualification in the Constitution of the United States. That would even be true for a garbage collector:

Qualifications
Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution outlines the qualifications to become President of the United States.

Clause 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

This is my help from Washington, D.C. United States of America.

Answer 4

Mayor of New York is a little bit different. New York is a metropolis that has all the same problems as the country - just in a smaller environment. I'm not a Giuliani supporter. But he did a pretty good job of cleaning up New York and getting it straightened out. I think this does make him qualified.

Whether or not you agree with me, Mayor of New York is a higher qualification than First Lady.

Answer 5

Sadly, I don't think any of the candidates are very well qualified. Some less than others. To me, Hillary, Barrack and Fred Thompson are the least qualified, based on their resume's.
What I like about Rudy is that he is politically experienced, intelligent and decisive, although his experience is not at the presidential level. Being mayor of one of the most influential cities/financial centers in the world is probably harder than being governor or a senator from most other states.
What I don't like is his direct involvement with some corrupt indiv.
On a personal level (which tells me about his character), it concerns me that his kids won't vote for him and the way he dumped wife #2 for #3. Wow! What do they know?

I think once again this election will find most of us voting for the lesser of 2 evils. Pity we can't actually have a good candidate in there to choose instead of the usual paid off, in the special interest pocket, choices we always get.

Answer 6

As well as being mayor of New York, Gulliani was also a federal prosecutor.

Yes, Hillary is a US Senator, but are you not in least suspicious that she ran in New York, despite never living there?

Maybe the best experience is in governors, most of the recent presidents were governors; G.W. Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter. The last president to serve in the Senate was Richard Nixon.

Answer 7

This is a very good question. I'm sure you're referring to Rudy.

Running a city the size of NY is no different from running many of our states. This doesn't necessarily "qualify" him to become President, but it's certainly a step up from being a Senator, where your responsibilities are scant.

Answer 8

not typically, but the Mayor of New York oversees more people than a lot of states. lol.

i don't think that being a first lady necessarily qualifies you to run, either.

Answer 9

NOTHING can qualify you. But, no, being mayor is not enough. Neither can being governor or senator. Nor being vice president. Nor being a CEO. But somebody's got to be president. Let's just hope that it's not Giuliani or Hillary.

Answer 10

In and of itself, no. But it doesn't hurt to have it on your resume. It is experience in an executive branch level, even if it isn't on the national level.

I assume you are asking about Guiliani. I do like his liberal views on more social issues combined with his more conservative views on fiscal issues. Add his experience in politics and with law, and in the end I don't think it would be too bad if he got the presidency. I would prefer he take a stronger stance against torture, but right now that seems to lose support among Republicans.