Rep. John Campbell, the Republican incumbent Young is running against, called Young’s comment “stunning.” Palin has held elected office longer than Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and has executive experience Obama doesn’t, Campbell said.
“I think you can legitimately question the experience of both Obama and Palin, but there is no justification to say Obama is more prepared to be president than Gov. Palin,” Campbell said. “And, by the way, Obama is running for president, not vice president. An intervening death is not required for his inexperience to be tested.”
Palin served on the Wasilla City Council from 1992 to 2002 and has served as the governor since January 2007. Obama served in the Illinois state senate from 1996 to 2004 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate. So both politicians have served in elected office for about the same amount of time.
COOK GETS CABLE ADS
Democrat Debbie Cook’s campaign says it is doing something that hasn’t been done in 20 years: running campaign television commercials in the 46th Congressional District.
Cook, who is challenging Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in November’s election, has bought cable advertising space to run a clip promoting her candidacy in the district that has been represented by Republican Rohrabacher for two decades. Although she unveiled them the night Barack Obama accepted his nomination, the commercials started running Wednesday.
Her campaign is touting the advertisements as a sign that her candidacy is more serious than previous challengers in the heavily Republican district. The ads highlight health care, coastal conservation and energy policy as issues on which she has significant disagreements with Rohrabacher.
