YES, BARRY, THEY'RE LAUGHING AT YOU:

An experience trap? (Ben Smith, 9/02/08, Politico)

“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, 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,” [Senator Obama] said.

The McCain campaign, happy to talk about Obama's experience, calls his using his campaign as an example "desperate circular logic" and pointing to Palin's tenure as governor.

If nothing else, the ease with which the McCain campaign has played him calls into question whether he's fit for the Oval.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2008 5:22 PM