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Experience? Why I’ve run a multi-million dollar campaign!
QandO — This, folks, is Barack Obama’s own explanation as to why he has "more experience" as a PRESIDENTIAL candidate than his opponents VICE PRESIDENTIAL candidate: ...

The Obama Talking Point Solidifies
Ace of Spades HQ — The Obama Talking Point Solidifies So far, the strategy seems to be: belittle Sarah Palin's accomplishments . Right. Let me know how that works out for you, Senator. OBAMA: Well, you know, my understanding is, is that Governor Palin's town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We have got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So, I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute, I think, has been made clear over the last couple of years. And, certainly, ...

Are you experienced?
Cold Fury — So, let me see if I have this straight: according to the Messiah’s circular argument , his experience running for president automagically qualifies him to BE president? COOPER: And, Senator Obama, my final question — your — some of your Republican critics have said you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this. They in fact have said that Governor Palin has more executive experience, as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state of Alaska. What’s your response? OBAMA: Well, you know, my understanding is, is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I ...

Pot Meet Kettle
Cold Fury — As an addendum to Mike’s post below, you’ll notice the Dems can only make the point stick on Palin’s experience if they leave out the fact that Palin is a sitting Governor. [ but that ruins the meme! ed. ] I’m going to leave aside Obama’s rhetorical pretzel which states the act of running for President itself is a QED clincher qualification for the Presidency. Or that for some ...

I Will Not Back Down in My Support for Sarah Palin
Wizbang — ... will not back down in my support of Sarah Palin. I know what kind of low road tactics Obama's team pulls behind the scenes as he takes the high road. No matter what lies they feed to their partners in the mainstream media, at the Daily Kos, the Democratic Underground, Huffington Post and others, I will not back down in my support of Sarah Palin . And let me say this: Governor Palin most certainly is qualified to be Vice president of the United States. As Governor of Alaska, she's managed a budget of $11 billion and 15,000 state employees .The departments that she is in ...

Whose Budget is Bigger?
The Opinionator — ... Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We have got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month.” The Corner’s Byron York doesn’t dispute Obama’s math, but thinks he might consider her current job: “Just for the record, Alaska’s FY2008 operating budget is $11.2 billion, and the state employs approximately 15,000 people. Those certainly aren’t huge numbers in federal terms, but they’re a good bit bigger than the Obama campaign .” “The Obama campaign is now hung up on ...

Gov. Palin VS Obama's Short List
The Next Right — ... Palin are... Tim Kaine also served one term as Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine is far less popular in Virginia (56% approval) than Gov. Palin is in Alaska (80% approval) Gov. Palin took steps to clean up her own Party; Gov. Kaine's biggest reform appears to have been embarrassing the Raising Kaine blog into dropping the "Kaine" from its name. Barack Obama was very close to putting Gov. Kaine on his ticket.   But today Obama and Carville are saying that being a Mayor and Governor is ...

Is He Willfully Deceitful, Or Just Stupid?
sassafrassin.com — The Corner: She Is a Small-Town Mayor. She Is Not — Repeat, Not — the Governor of Alaska. Barack Obama disregards Sarah Palin’s status as the Governor of a State, and belittles her: OBAMA: Well, you know, my understanding is, is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We have got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So, I think that our ability to manage large systems ...

Why Does Campaign Experience Count?
The Volokh Conspiracy — ... on whether experience of some sort or another is necessary for a Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate was the argument that the experience of running a Presidential campaign is itself important experience for the job. So, for instance, some argue that Senator Obama's successful oversight of his own campaign has provided him with sufficient executive experience to be President. (Indeed, this is an argument Senator Obama himself has made in comparing his experience to Governor Palin's experience as a suburban mayor.) This argument seems a bit tautological: A candidate ...

Barack Obama: Small Town Mayors Do the Hard Work
Gateway Pundit — After slapping down small town mayors and ignoring Sarah Palin's executive experience as Alaska governor, Barack Obama, the community organizer, had kind words for small town executives at the Service Forum in Washington on 9-11. ...

Sarah Palin apologizes (sort of) to Barack Obama and community organizers
Top of the Ticket — ... Palin was referring to Obama, back when he was more focused on the Republican vice presidential nominee then many Democrats thought he should have been, noting that as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, she had supervised fewer employees than he has in running a presidential campaign. ...