The editorial “A Puzzling Pick” (BDN, Aug. 30-31) was a bit puzzling to me. Its theme is a negative view on Sarah Palin’s experience.

First off, it appears to me she has more executive experience than all three other candidates – McCain, Obama, Biden – combined. Secondly, Obama is running for the top job, while she is tapped for second in command; who is in more need of experience here?

Thirdly, you observe that she has an absence of “national political experience.” Look at Obama’s short period of such experience. It’s all legislative and my understanding is that he has never even once called a meeting of the one Senate subcommittee he heads.

You may well be correct in questioning the effect she will have on the election, but the editorial comes up short as an unbiased tutorial.

David Anderson

Stockholm