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...Barack Obama, presidential hopefuls for the 2008 election, agree on many issues. However, there are differences as well. In examining key issues in the 2008 election process, how do these candidates differ and how are they alike? First, critics of Obama claim that he does not have enough experience, but while Clinton is a good decade older, she is not much more experienced than he in terms of politics. Packer (2008) explains that in the Democratic primaries, it has been characterized as a race between experience and change. This in fact is a sentiment that has been relayed by media over and over again and reinforced by the candidates. Hillary has in fact compared "Obama's soaring rhetoric to her experience in policy" ("Hillary Watch," 2008, p. 11). Yet, Hillary Clinton's eight year stint in the White House hardly qualifies as experience. She was not in charge of anything and did not have to make critical decisions. While it is true that some First Ladies have been more involved in the...