Who's more experienced? Obama or Palin?

Question

Who's more experienced? Obama or Palin?

Answer 1

My 4 year old nephew is more experienced than Obama.

Answer 2

Palin has more experience to run the United States.

Obama has more experience to be articulate.

Answer 3

Obama's experience can be measured in DAYS. No other candidate can claim that one.

Answer 4

One's running for the top spot--no experience.  One is runnin for vp--more time as governor than Obama's 143 days in the senate.  No comparison.   ***

Answer 5

Obama is more experienced in hanging with terrorists and BLACK THEOLOGY

Answer 6

For president: OBAMA

For beauty contests: Palin

Answer 7

Obama. From Polifact.org:

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Obama's best-known days as a community organizer were prior to his graduation from Harvard Law School, from 1985 to 1988, and during those years Palin was graduating from college and working as a sports reporter

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Answer 8

Palin. she has been a Mayor and a Governor for 2 yrs, with a non-party line record. Obama has done nothing but run for office, he has bad old school democrat policies of tax a nd spend. the only CHANGE he has for us is bad, and i HOPE he doesnt win.

Answer 9

Palin, an experienced reformer, Obama is experienced in corruption machine politics.

Answer 10

Obama is US Senator, Palin is governor of Alaska.  So Obama has more experience in national politics.

Answer 11

Palin....she has actually MADE executive decisions, while he has only voted.

Answer 12

Hmmm ... the McCain supporters virtually all say that Palin has "executive experience" and that 'trumps' the legislative experience of Senator Obama.

Senator Obama was in the Illinois State Legislature from 1997 to 2004 (call it six years), and has been in the US Senate since the 2004 elections (sworn in in January 2005, so call it three and a half years). That is almost ten years (legislative) experience at the state and national level.

EDIT: Why do you McCainiacs keep saying he has "143 days" of experience? Are you all mathematically challenged or just plain liars?

Governor Palin was on the "city" council and was mayor of a town of less than 9000 people for four years each (does that even count?), and has been Governor of Alaska since January, 2006 (two and a half years). That is just over ten years, at the local and state level.

It would appear to be a draw, unless local, state and national experience is weighted differently, or legislative and executive experience is weighted differently.  In any event, they are running for different offices. However, the Vice President must be qualified to become President in the event of the death or incapacitation of the President, so the 'different offices' argument is really not quite accurate.

One final observation. If Governor Palin's 'executive' experience is more important that Senator Obama's 'legislative' experience, doesn't that also minimize Senator McCain's wholly legislative experience?

Answer 13

I hear Palin is an expert on global affairs and defense matters.  As proof, just consider the fact that Alaska has never been attacked by Russia during her entire term as governor.  I am very impressed.  

Answer 14

So you are questioning experience from a Columbia and Harvard Law school graduate civil rights organizer, state legislator/ US senator with a Idaho college graduate sports reporter pageant winner who is gov of Alaska for less than two years? Are you that naive or just desperate?

Answer 15

Obama by far .  MS P.T.A.Palin with five kids -meet Al -Qaida -give me a break . Really -why didn't McCain pick Hutchinson -a Republican woman who does have strength and back bone . As a voting Democrat I am glad he did not -because Hutchinson would have been some competition.

Answer 16

Why do people keep asking this?

They are not running for the same position.

Obama needs to compare his resume to McCains.  They are running against eachother this election.

Answer 17

Neither?

Plus Obama is running against McCain or that's atleast what I thouhgt?

but heck I'm a Republician maybe I should do what the Media wants me to Believe and Do? Then I Vote for Hamburgers and Mas-Marketing and bigger Viewer-Ship Rating and My Own Dog...

Answer 18

Obama is clearly more wise, has a clear vision, and his ability to communicate is at a virtuoso level.

Besides, the presidency is not a reward for 'who has the longest list of accomplishments'

Answer 19

Obama has much more experience than Palin

Answer 20

Obama,

He is also not running against Palin.

Answer 21

This is so silly. You're comparing the guy who's going for the biggest office in the free world to the woman who is going for the number 2 job.

Is this the best that Democrats have got?

Answer 22

Obama.  They are running for different positions.  

Answer 23

Palin. Not even close.

Answer 24

Palin has way more experience. Being Governor of Alaska she governed over 600,000 people. Unlike Barack Obama, who only represented a measly 12 million people in Illionois.

Answer 25

Obama. And, he's never belonged to a political party that wanted to vote on leaving America.

And, he's not a right-wing, fundamentalist nutjob.

Answer 26

Neither are

Also,Obama has legislative experience while he has zero executive

Palin has executive experience while she has zero legislative

I don't understand why you're comparing a presidential candidate to a VP candidate

Answer 27

Palin, but Obama is claiming he does from managing his campaign for 18 months.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/02/...

Answer 28

Palin, she has more executive experience which is what you need when running for such a high politcal office. People are going to say Obama cause he was a Senator for 3 years...what they don't realize he spent most of that time campaigning for President.

Answer 29

Obama has been state senator from 97-04, he was a US senator from 04-present. Obama has much more experience then Palin on a higher level of politics. Palin may know how to be a mayor of a small town, but not the whole country. All of you are right...they are not running against each other...although it was a ridiculous move on McCain's part. "Lets attack Obama's lack of experience! Now lets go find a WOMAN! with alot less experience then Obama! We would have to win!" i mean comeon....great strategy i would say.

Answer 30

Obama.  There's really no comparison.  Obama's has 3 years community organizing, 8 years in the State Senate, 4 years in the U.S. Senate.  Palin was a small town mayor, and then a governor for less than 2 years.  Obama was a  civil rights attorney, and he taught constitutional law.  Palin ran some sort of fishing business.  

Those who tout Palin's "executive experience" are simply feigning ignorance in a deliberate effort to be annoying.  Most members of the animal kingdom, and several botanical species, have more impressive qualifications than she.

Answer 31

palin has about 2 yrs in the executive branch and obama has about 143 days in the legislature. you tell me. looks like palin.