not even close if he was a white male he wouldnt have even been in the running
and if George's last name wasn't Bush, he'd be managing a department at home depot
The neocons and theocons picked George, someone with no experience, so they could run things behind the scenes (do you think GW really had any opinion on who ran all the departments?) They couldn't get their guy in this time, so they settled for the next best thing, someone with no experience to be a heartbeat away.