Byron York’s got an outstanding piece in the Washington Examiner on how the Gulf of Mexico oil crisis is highlighting President Barack Obama’s lack of executive experience.
In mid-February 2008, fresh from winning a bunch of Super Tuesday primaries, Barack Obama granted an interview to “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Croft. “When you sit down and you look at [your] resume,” Croft said to Obama, “there’s no executive experience, and in fact, correct if I’m wrong, the only thing that you’ve actually run was the Harvard Law Review.”
“Well, I’ve run my Senate office, and I’ve run this campaign,” Obama said.
Seven months later, after receiving the Democratic presidential nomination, Obama talked with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. At the time, the news was dominated by Hurricane Gustav,…
