Experience
The obvious payoffs in drawing the Obama campaign into the “experience” debate are beginning to manifest themselves. Captain Ed points out that Obama claims that his experience running his own Presidential campaign matters more than Palin’s experience in leading government:
Governor Palin’s town of Wasilly [sic] has, uh, 50 employees, uh, uh, we’ve got 2500, uh, in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. Uh, uh, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Uh, so I think that, uh, our ability to manage large systems, uh, and to, uh, execute, uh, I think has been made clear over the last couple of years. Uh, and certainly, in terms of, uh, the legislation that I’ve passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina, uh, of how we handle emergency management. The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates to extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.
Ignoring for a moment that the Obama campaign seems completely unaware that Sarah Palin is the govenor of Alaska, not merely the mayor of “Wasily” (perhaps he’s having a difficult time pronouncing it because of its bitter taste), its interesting to see that, when Captain Ed delves into Obama’s record in the wake of Katrina– most seem largely partisan and unconcerned with helping the people of New Orleans at the expense of helping the agenda of his own party.
So much for “reading across aisles”, eh?
I’ve been positing since the Palin pick was announced that Palin’s apparent “inexperience” is in actuality an advantage– after all, although it is a valid criticism, it is one that once again proves that the opposing ticket faces a far greater problem.