Experience

Just sayin.

Barack Obama
Education: Columbia, Harvard law
South Side Chicago Community organizer, 3 years
Constitutional law professor, 8 years
State legistlator, 8 years
US Senator, 4 years

Sarah Palin
Education: BS, U of Idaho (journalism)
Wasilla (pop. 7700) city council, 4 years
Wasilla mayor, 6 years
Alaska governor, 2 years

Let us dispense with the equivalency argument, shall we?