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Sure but which of those do you think he lacks which result in "didn't realise Dover matters" combined with relative high achievement legally?
I think the argument is a reasonable one - it takes a degree of mental flexibility to be able to see an argument that supports your view (something which is human nature to want to do); that skill is one which lawyers in particular train / are good at (or at least should be good at)
Edit: maybe we're saying the same thing and I'm just adopting a relatively narrow definition of intelligence - just not entirely sure if that explains the types of things he has seemed dim at - which seem to be mostly surprise when something doesn't align with his ideological view of the world.
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It did cross my mind that some of them might have got in to these places due to donations from rich family but looking at Raab's family history, I suspect he must have done it on merit alone.
I think there might be some truth to this but in reality I just think that intelligence is a really complicated thing. There are loads of different types of intelligence and its rare for somebody to be well endowed with all of the different types. In Raab's case, i suspect we think he's dim because he's light on one or two of these.