The Experience Gap
Since the Clinton supporters haven’t bother to tell me why Obama couldn’t possibly win, I’ve started looking myself. Here’s one reason:
Seen through this lens, the problem with Obama isn’t that he’s less experienced than Hillary, but that he’s inexperienced, full stop. And again, like it or not, John McCain will certainly use that as an argument in the general election campaign in a way he couldn’t against Hillary. Sure, he’s got 25 years to her 15, but that doesn’t matter. Beyond a certain point voters aren’t interested in who’s got more experience, and 15 years is well beyond that point. If McCain tried to paint Hillary as inexperienced, it would be a waste of breath. Nobody would buy it.
I don’t necessarily agree with this view, I still have a hard time getting past counting eight years as first lady as big time politics. However, I do recognize that many would consider Clinton less susceptible to such an attack than Obama.
By the way, isn’t it great to have your vote count for a change? And if Obama wins, will spell checkers start recognizing his name?
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