If states can make experience a disqualification for federal office (i.e. term limits), then could they impose an experience requirement as a qualification for office?

The guy I gotta give some props to is underdog Senate primary candidate Mike Padgett, a vocal Hillary Clinton supporter who declared he’s ready to unite behind Obama. Since our Senate primary is before the national convention, he could have ridden the fence on this one or even tried to use it any residual anger among Clinton supporters as a political wedge against his primary opponent (and long-time Obama advocate) Bob Tuke.

Actually, he hasn't been so much "hailed" as ridiculed for asking others to do what he was unwilling to do...until it was clear there'd be no risk to his decision.

Indeed, when the Scene stopped by Swain’s house and spoke to a half-dozen Hispanic workers there, none of them had more than a simple grasp of English. It is unclear whether these workers are in the country legally. A call to Eric Gonzales, whom one of the men identified as the group’s foreman, reveals that he doesn’t check the legal status of all his employees. Gonzales says that some of his workers have shown him green cards, but if they don’t have them he will hire them anyway. When asked directly about the workers, Swain says, “I’m not going to lose sleep over it. I do feel like that it’s not the place of the homeowner,” to check immigration status. I don’t even think it’s safe for me as a single woman to be asking.” She says that her experiences with these workers have only strengthened her opinions about the immigration question. “It’s not always this perspective that they’re always hard workers,” says Swain. “I’ve found that many of them do poor jobs that have to be redone. They’ll cheat you just as quickly as an American.”