Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in this March 26, 1979, photo. Franklin Roosevelt was derided as an amiable lightweight from upstate New York, Jimmy Carter as a peanut farmer-turned-governor, Ronald Reagan as a sunny actor sure to lose his way in Washington, never mind the world. When governors or other Washington neophytes make a play for the presidency, they get hit by the refrain George W. Bush is hearing now: They don't have the experience; therefore, they're not ready for prime time. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)