Rudy, Rudy, Rudy

(via Kos)

Mr. noun-verb-911 on John McCain, when McCain was Rudy's opponent in the primaries:

...has never run a city, never run a state, never run a government. He has never been responsible as a mayor for the safety and security of millions of people...

And Rudy on Sen. Obama.

..he's never run a city, never run a state, never run a business. He's never had to lead people in crisis.

I commented a while ago that this election was interesting because it was the first since John Kennedy was elected that the winner would come out of the Senate.

The whole 'admin' experience is a red-herring. Or at best, not a reasonable predictor of future success. Clinton had been a governor for ever and by all accounts ran a very loose ship. W was all about process and we saw how that worked out.

I am, of course, happy to buy into the argument that Obama has run a very successful organization for the past 19 months, with a budget larger than Alaska's. (and unlike the socialist* state of Alaska, his funding came voluntarily).

* Like Saudia Arabia, most of Alaska's income comes from the Oil Industry. Alaska actually pays people to live there! Isn't that socialism? When you get money & services just for being there?