What lack of experience?
- Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, concentrating on International Relations, from Columbia University;
- Doctoral degree in Law, summa cum laude, from Harvard University;
- First African American president of the Harvard Law Review;
- Community organizer in Chicago;
- Lecturer on constitutional law at University of Chicago;
- Illinois State Senator from 1997 to 2004;
- United States Senator from 2005 to 2009 (?)




[...] The decision on whether Obama should run or not is maybe the most important on-the-other-hand issue in his political career. On one hand he risks being labeled arrogant and inexperienced; on the other hand he risks waiting so long his momentum runs dry. I listed the extent of Obama’s experience before. Those facts will prove his experience, but only exceptionally well-told stories can convey it. Therein hides the challenge of his campaign. [...]