Obama Says He Has More Natural Disaster Experience Than Palin...

[elcorazon]

I agree with Obama.

and he's been vetted for a year and a half by the public, the media and the voters.  Palin's a total blank slate.  she may prove her mettle during the campaign, but for now she's still a nobody.

[elcorazon]

ah, I see.  We're focussing on the "natural disaster experiece" thing.

yes, you guys are correct that Obama's answer was not quite on point.

That said, he did want nearly every politician ever does when a reporter asks a question about a subject the politician would rather not discuss.  He tried to tie it to an answer he is comfortable giving.  Politicians have to be quick on their feet and adjust answers they want to give to questions they may want to address.  Obama did this pretty well, as he may have made the point about his experience running the campaign, despite no one actually asking that.

And truthfully, presidents can't have experience at EVERYTHING, so here's an area where you act as a leader and have well qualified able people to handle the details.  Obama never ran for president before, but he has done a nice job at it so far.  Bush had some experience with natural disasters as gov of texas, but nonetheless botched katrina. 

Who knows who will be better once in office, but the truth is that this issue will never top the major issues of the day on November 4.  As a result, Obama did a nice job deflecting the question.