[NOTE: Several commenters have noted that I should really talk about Obama's executive experience heading a Senate staff and running a national campaign--which are excellent points. There's also some criticism that one should not even make the comparison between Obama and Palin--which I'm totally sympathetic to --this is offered in the spirit of countering a dumb talking point...it was also meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek]
According to Josh Marshall, conservative blogs are making a big deal out of Palin being mayor (part-time) of Wasilla --as a measure of her "executive experience", so I thought I'd highlight this post I wrote yesterday:
When Barack Obama was President of the Harvard Law Review he likely had at least as much executive experience as Sarah Palin did as Mayor of Wasilla by at least one measure.
I count a staff of 90 individuals who currently are managed by the President of the Harvard Law Review. (I verified from a former HLR alum that the Prez actually does have managerial responsibiliy over the Board of editors).
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