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OK so Palin is looking like a disastrously bad pick all around. But just on the experience issue lets compare the size of the constituencies represented by the Governor and the Senator.
SP: Alaska, 2007 population ~690,000
BO: Illinois 13th District, 2006 population ~780,000
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He's now the junior senator from Illinois.
I believe that's two senators for a population of about 13 million.
So he represents, roughly, 6.5 million people.
September 1, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I could of swore his district was 220,000 people.
September 1, 2008 5:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Moncero and theone718, where were you guys when your high school civics teacher was giving the lesson about representation in Congress? Obama is a United States Senator. Along with Senator Durbin, he represents the entire state of Illinois. That's his constituency. It's not 780,000 people or 220,000 people, it's 13 million people. Will you now concede that 13 million is substantially larger than 690,000?
September 1, 2008 5:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
I suspect moscero is using the 780,000 figure because he's thinking of Illinois's 13th congressional district -- which Obama never held or even ran for.
From 1996 to 2004, he represented the 13th district of the Illinois state senate. Whose population would have been about 220,000.
But for moscero's comparison to make any sense, you would have to put that figure up against the 5,000 or so people in Wasilla, AK -- which is what Palin was mayor of for much of that time.
So no, Obama wins the experience contest hands down.
September 1, 2008 6:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for helping me out there, fudged it on the 13th districts thing. So tally for the last two jobs they had:
Obama: 6,500,000
Palin: 780,000
Obama: 220,000
Palin: 5000
My point is the comparison is laughable, as is Palin and anyone thinking of electing her.
some more on this:
http://deadlinepublishing.typepad.com/fighting_the_suburbs/2008/09/13th-district-o.html
September 18, 2008 5:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
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