Barack Obama Experience

What Experience Really Means in Presidential Politics

Jeffrey C. Issac | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Jeffrey C. Issac

Now is an occasion to reflect on what experience really means in presidential politics, when treated as a serious idea and not as a slogan.

A Critical Examination Of The Experience Question

Phil Vogels | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home


Phil Vogels

This research does not necessarily demonstrate that Obama will be a better president than McCain. But it does demonstrate without a doubt that the "experience" argument against Obama is a complete crock.

Obama To Military Times: I Need To Earn Troops' Trust

Navy Times | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama knows that to win the vote of current and former military members and their families, he has to prove h...

Obama Left Community Organizing To Make "Large Scale Change"

NY Times | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


The year was 1985 and Gerald Kellman, a community organizer, was interviewing an applicant named Barack Obama to work in the demoralized landscape of ...