But do you sense that Americans really mind if their Presidents are smart and have spent time thinking about the world they are about to lead?

BBC: News Online

"The only point of learning to do this kind of thing is really as a mental exercise, as a way of showing how smart you are, " he said.

CNN: Pythagoras, a math genius? Not by Babylonian standards

You know, President Franklin Roosevelt, who said a lot of really smart things, said economic laws are not made by nature.

CNN: Clinton's November 19, 2007, speech on economic challenges