Charles Krauthammer has an excellent opinion piece in the Washington Post today (which was brought to my attention by one of our most faithful readers in Maryland). Obama’s trip to Europe, billed as a tour-de-force of his foreign policy acumen, comes off rather as a poorly orchestrated attempt to bolster a resume-less candidate

Obama is a three-year senator without a single important legislative achievement to his name, a former Illinois state senator who voted “present” nearly 130 times. As president of the Harvard Law Review, as law professor and as legislator, has he ever produced a single notable piece of scholarship? Written a single memorable article? His most memorable work is a biography of his favorite subject: himself.

Hmm, I’m sure there are plenty of mirrors on the continent. The point is sound, however, not that experience alone makes a good president (Herbert Hoover had ample), but virtually no relevant experience should make Americans wary. In fact, because we cannot breach the threshold of experience, there is no need to talk about accomplishment. Not only is there no track record of journeyman experience, but a rather distinct dearth of accomplishment in the various roles he has assumed, from law school to his “present” status as Senator from Illinois.

However, he has accomplished an improbable feat in the sheer existence and viability of his candidacy. That, in itself, is a Clintonian accomplishment. But at least Bill Clinton had run a government. Obama is not BIll Clinton. He is more, well – Seinfeldian , which properly compliments the incessant whining.