"My understanding is that Governor Palin's town, Wasilla, has I think 50 employees. We've got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year—we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the past couple of years and certainly in terms of the legislation I've passed in the past couple of years, post-Katrina."
—Barack Obama's response in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper when asked about whether his experience in the U.S. Senate dealing with weather-related situations compares to Palin's executive experience running the state of Alaska and as the small-town mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.




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