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Originally Posted by Persephone Milk  We will have to disagree about this one Joshua. Neither Obama nor Palin have much experience at all. I could concede that of the four of them Palin has the least experience, but not by much. And her experience is in the executive branch, where Obama has no experience. The fact is 16 presidents were governors first (15 presidents were senators first). It's good experience. But neither has much of either. Both presidential candidates balanced their ticket in way they thought was best. And I would be willing to bet that Palin likes McCain, and agrees with him, a whole lot more than Biden does Obama. |
I love the Politics subforum. But it pains me to disagree with the lovely and gracious Persephone.
But I do.
Palin has no real experience in national politics and with Congress. I think this is a huge problem if McCain dies in office. A president can get nowhere if she can't get the legislation she wants through Congress. Obama does not have a ton of experience, and it is a problem IMO. But he has experience in the Senate, even if it is for a short time, as well as his experience in the Illinois state legislature. It is my understanding that Palin doesn't even have state legislative experience. So to me, her lack of experience is more significant in terms of fitness for the presidency than Obama's.