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Obama Campaign Responds To Palin’s Selection
Firedoglake — From Team Obama: “Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and ...

The Experience Question
Ross Douthat — ... possible that adding Palin to the ticket will take away McCain's ability to attack Obama's inexperience. But it's also quite possible that any conversation that ends up happening about whether Sarah Palin is ready to be Vice President after ten years in local government and two years in statewide office can only end up hurting the Obama campaign - by raising, indirectly, the Democratic ticket's biggest liability.Update: Clearly, the Obama camp disagrees, because they're going there right out of the box.

Palin Comparison
Jules Crittenden — ... : Evangelicals go bonkers for Palin. Ambinder : Obama camp knocks Palin for inexperience. Yeah, that’ll work. Free, unsolicited advice to the Obama camp: Stop running against yourself. Topics: ...

Palin: It's Not Really About Experience
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — So why is the Obama campaign going for the jugular and critiquing Sarah Palin's experience? Shouldn't they be happy enough that the experience argument was essentially taken off the table by this selection? ...

Audacious Or Desperate?
Riehl World View — ... Surely I'm not the only one laughing at this un-credible attack from the Obama campaign? Inexperience is a problem a heartbeat away but no issue in the Oval Office itself? ...

The Obama Reaction
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Marc has the statement: Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency.  Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies -- that's not the change we need, it's just more of the same. Calling Palin "more of the same" falls a little flat, no? ...

What a Fabulous Pick!!!
California Conservative — ... Did everyone watch Sen. McCain’s introduction of Gov. Sarah Palin like I did? That’s an electrifying pick. That’s why the Obama campaign is already criticizing her: ...

RU Experienced?
The American Scene — ... I am kind of amazed that the Democrats have decided to directly attack Governor Palin’s experience. Someone should remind them who they nominated for President. ...

Dems Do Damage Control
California Conservative — ... on Sarah Palin: “We send our congratulations to Governor Sarah Palin and her family on her designation as the Republican nominee for Vice President. It is yet another encouraging sign that old barriers are falling in our politics. While we obviously have differences over how best to lead this country forward Governor Palin is an admirable person and will add a compelling new voice to this campaign.” That’s quite a turnaround since this statement by Obama spokesman Bill Burton: “Today, ...

New Obama ad: Bush is McCain’s real running mate
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Not only isn’t Palin attacked, her name isn’t so much as mentioned. That’s a smart play, especially after they came out swinging yesterday morning without so much as a congrats. The more I think about it, the more I find her chief demographic virtue to be not her sex but what her persona communicates about her class: ...