Is Rick Perry too dumb?

Kevin Drum thinks so: "Go ahead, call me an elitist. I'm keenly aware that Americans don't vote for presidents based on their SAT scores, but everything I've read about Perry suggests that he's a genuinely dim kind of guy. Not just incurious or too sure about his gut feelings, like George Bush, but simply not bright enough to handle the demands of the Oval Office. Americans might not care if their presidents are geniuses, but there's a limit to how doltish they can be too." Yes, but here's the real problem: Most dolts learn to hide their lack of intellectual acuity well. By the time we discover it, a "dim" president has already committed us to World War III. Then it's too late. I too am glad Saddam and his two evil sons are six feet under. Yet I can't help but wonder: Would President Al Gore have found a better/smarter solution as opposed to starting a war to chase after phantom WMDs? Drum is right that many Americans don't care if their president is smart. But they should. It is said that what you don't know won't hurt you. What a president doesn't know can (and has) hurt us all.