I Don't Want Average Joe for President

After listening to the first few debates, I'm fervently hoping that Obama/Biden will win the election. I don't understand what America's fascination is with Sarah Palin being "just like any other regular American." Sure, she's in touch with some of the struggles that people of the middle class go through. However, do we really want just another American leading this country? Isn't the point of choosing a leader to choose someone who can handle the big decisions better than the rest of us? Can "just another American" see the bigger picture and make the right decisions? I wouldn't trust myself with that, nor would I trust another average person. Who's the most informed? Who can think the most critically and decisively, objectively? An urban planner can see the ebb and flow of a city the way the average citizen cannot, and that's why we hire urban planners to design cities and make the decisions they make. Shouldn't we find a similarly informed person for any other office? Someone who is more knowledgeable about the scope of what he's going to be dealing with?

Shouldn't a shining city on a hill be achieved by aspiring towards excellence? We're never going to get there if we put the average American on the pedestal and repeatedly cast aside those who can take us further. It reminds me of the man making his wish to the genie to be smartest man in the world, then realizing that he didn't get smarter, just that the rest of the world got dumber.