I was wondering the exact same thing. Experience is very key. Obama isn't much older than me. I don't think I'd be ready to be leader of the free world right now.
You should find out, shouldn't you. :wink: Obama has three years, Hillary has seven--as far as senatorial experience in Washington, its called over twice as much. As far as first lady experience, she has 8 further years of close observation of policy within the White House. I'm not sure this entitles her to claim that time as genuine political experience, although it is clear enough that she took an active role in proposed legislation. After graduation from Yale Law School, She joined the impeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, prosecuting President Nixon when Barack Obama was in secondary school. She then gathered political experience organizing several successful gubernatorial campaigns for Bill. To quote the New York Times: To quote the International Herald Tribune: McCains experience blows Hillary away but her high profile experience in the US Senate for seven years is superior to Obama's state legislature tenure and junior senator standing.
Don't get me wrong. I wasn't suggesting that Hillary has the right experience either but it is more and it's more than Obama. He is now the lucky recipient of a mob mentality when voting. I see more and more people saying they will vote for him just because he is Black. It's certainly their right but it has nothing to do with fixing where we are at the moment.
It would suck for the conservative side of the political spectrum for this election, but i think I would like to the see the republican party split because of a McCain nominatation. (I am a conservative, registered as a Republican in the state on Louisiana. ) The reason I would like to see this is that hopefully a viable third party could be created from the split. One of the major problems in the US today is that fact that the 2 existing parties hate each other so much they will never actually work together for the betterment of the US as a hole.
I'm a Ron Paul supporter, don't get me started about the mob mentality. :grin: Hillary Clinton, no doubt, has more time around politics than Obama, but I wouldn't consider her experience substantial enough to trump what Obama brings to the table. I prefer Ron Paul, and then a long drop off to Obama. I'll research it more before November, but as it stands, if Paul or Obama aren't running I'll probably vote 3rd party. There is a lot to be said for being genuine, IMO, and I just don't think Clinton has much in that department. I think voting with your head is good, but you shouldn't ignore your gut. Colbert taught me that. (Maybe this is just an excuse for my ignorance).
