How much do education credentials really matter?

Think about the following, we are voting for the CEO and Asst CEO for the US, not an entry-level position for a recent college graduate, or even a manager position.

Bush went to Yale and has trouble constructing a sentence. That noted, check this out...

McCain graduated the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1958. (Much like Bush, his father and grandfather also went there, thus making him a "legacy"). His final class rank was 894 out of 899.

In 1982, Palin enrolled at Hawaii Pacific College but left after her first semester, transferring in 1983 to North Idaho College and then to the University of Idaho. She attended Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska for one term, returning to the University of Idaho to complete her Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism, graduating in 1987. So that is four or five colleges (depending on how you count the two stints at U. of Idaho). Took her 5 years to graduate with communications degree. Scuttlebutt is that she was invited to leave Univ of Idaho the first time, went to the Alaska juco to get the ol' grades back up, then went back to that fine institution in Idaho to finish.

Barrack Obama has a B.A. in international relations, 1983, from Columbia University. Also, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was Editor of the Harvard Law Review. I've also read that he was "President" of the Harvard Law Review, rather than Editor. Editor is more prestigious (at least where I went). Incidentally, his wife is also a Harvard Law graduate.

In 1961, Joe Biden graduated from Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware[3 and, in 1965, from the University of Delaware in Newark,[5] where he double-majored in history and political science.[3] He went on to receive his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 1968, and was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1969.

So, you are scanning resumes to chose the next CEO of your company. Obama is surely the top candidate here (looking solely at education). McCain's Naval Academy degree is impressive, no doubt, but nearly last in the class sounds like this is someone who got in "somehow" and either did not belong or was a terrible under achiever. Of the four, he might get an interview.

Biden attended better than average schools. He has a law degree, which is an accomplishment. Being admitted to DE bar is very impressive since it is the toughest place in the country to be "barred". He gets an interview for sure.

Palin's resume goes in the trash, no? Her education sounds like that of a party girl, or someone who is not too bright, or someone who has a hard time finishing what she starts. No matter how you slice it, she is not a good candidate for CEO.