Obama v. Palin comparison

	Barack Obama	Sarah Palin
Nominated For	President of the United States (picked by 18 million primary voters)	Vice President of the United States (picked by McCain)
Full Name	Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.	Sarah Louise Heath Palin
Age	48	44
Children	Daughters (2): 10 years, 7 years	Sons (2): 19 years, 4 months Daughters (3): 17 years, 14 years, 7 years
Religion	Christian	Christian
Education	B.A., Political Science Columbia Univerity J.D., magna cum laude Harvard Law School	B.S. Journalism Univerity of Idaho
Lived In	Hawaii, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago	Idaho, Alaska
Current Job	Illinois Senator (Jan. 2005 - present) (elected by 3.6 million votes)	Alaska Governor (Dec. 2006 - present) (elected by 115,000 votes)
Previous Public Job	Illinois State Senator, (1997-2004) 210,000 constituents	Mayor of Wasilla, (1996-2006) 7000 constituents
Foreign Relations Experience	Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee	None
Military Affairs Experience	Member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee Made laws: to provide employment protections for families caring for recovering armed service members from illnesses and injuries incurred on active duty; to provide food and phone benefits for armed service members recuperating from injuries incurred on active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom; to provide a $40 million help homeless veterans find jobs; to have members checked for brain injury after serving our country	Hunts moose.
Healthcare Experience	Made laws: to ensure protection personnel in the Department of Defense the flu; to prevent and respond to avian flu; requiring lead paint removal	None
Environmental Experience	Made laws: to add $200 million for monitoring carbon capture; to provide for Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) refueling capability; to promote energy security and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions	Thinks global warming is not manmade; wants to drill for oil in ANWR.
Legislative Record	Sponsored 119 bills in the U.S. Senate and many more amendments.	Passed an ethics reform bill, used veto to cut budgetary spending
Ethics Reform	Made laws: to require lobbyists to disclose the candidates and PACS whom they give to; to allow contracts over $5 million awarded only after the contractor certifies that there are no outlying taxes that haven't been paid; to ensure any contracts for hurricane relief and recovery over half a million dollars be awarded by competition.	Passed an ethics reform bill after beating an incumbent crook in her own party.
Disaster Relief Response	Made laws: to help those who lose their family during a disaster find one another; to ensure evacuation of people with special needs during an emergency.	None, unless you count being commander in chief of the National Guard (protecting Alaskans from Polar Bears prevents disaster).
Education Reform	Made laws: to provide $100 million for summer learning opportunities for low-income students in the early grades; to establish a program to recruit and provide mentors for women and underrepresented minorities interested in careers in mathematics, science, and engineering; to expand the pipeline of individuals entering the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to support our innovation and competitiveness in the world.	None, unless you count teaching abstinence and intelligent design.