Barack Obama Lacks Experience?

I again just heard a Hillary supporter tell me that she is having a problem getting behind Obama because he lacks experience.

When I asked her what experience Hillary had that really stood out to her, she said Hillary's years in the Senate. When I asked what Hillary had done in the Senate that impressed her, she couldn't answer me with specifics. Just that she was there.

Now don't get me wrong. I am not trying to say Hillary hasn't done anything in the Senate. I know she has. But so has Obama. Both in the short time he has been in the U.S. Senate and during his time in the Illinois legislature.

It doesn't take long to find information on the internet about a candidates experience. To find out how they work with the opposition. To find out what they are passionate about. To find out how they achieve compromise and if they can do it without compromising their core principals.

Charles Peters wrote in his column in the Washington Post about Obama's accomplishments. His column started like this:

People who complain that Barack Obama lacks experience must be unaware of his legislative achievements. One reason these accomplishments are unfamiliar is that the media have not devoted enough attention to Obama's bills and the effort required to pass them, ignoring impressive, hard evidence of his character and ability. (more...)