Saturday, September 13, 2008,6:04 AM
The Numbers Are In
According to an Associated Press poll just released, the American people consider Sarah Palin to be more qualified to be president than Barack Obama.

Ouch.
Washington - An overwhelming advantage in experience and lopsided support from working-class and suburban whites have lifted Republican John McCain to a slender lead over Barack Obama less than two months from Election Day, a poll on the presidential race said Friday.

The poll suggests that perceived inexperience is more of a problem at the top of the Democratic ticket than in the No. 2 spot for Republicans.

Eighty percent say McCain, with nearly three decades in Congress, has the right experience to be president. Just 46 percent say Obama, now in his fourth year in the Senate, is experienced enough.

Fully 47 percent say Obama lacks the proper experience — an even worse reading than the 36 percent who had the same criticism about McCain running mate Sarah Palin, serving her second year as Alaska governor after being a small-town mayor.

"This is his fourth year in the Senate, and two of those four years he spent campaigning for president," said Arthur Koch, 63, an undecided voter from Wallington, N.J. "I'm not too comfortable with that."

The American people aren't stupid. When it's made known that the only legitimate qualification for the job is that you've campaigned for the job, they shake their heads and look elsewhere. While Sarah Palin was running the huge state of Alaska, Obama was "coordinating" with local Southside Chicago dogcatchers. Since then he's been campaigning for the next gig while she's ...

... captivated the entire nation.

Photo courtesy of Vogue.
 
posted by Jerry Fuhrman
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