Obama touts his experience - before he reached Washington

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
America needs a president who is more a stranger than an insider when it comes to the capital's way of doing business, Barack Obama said Monday, portraying his relatively modest experience in Washington as an asset. "We don't need somebody who can play the game better," the Illinois senator told about 600 people in a high school gym in this northern New Hampshire town. "We need somebody to put an end to the game plan." Obama seemed to be directing his comments at New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who often suggests that her husband Bill Clinton's administration gave her valuable experience in addition to her time in the Senate. Some presidential contenders "have been in Washington too long," said Obama, who has been in the Senate three years. He said his time as a community worker in Chicago, law professor and Illinois legislator gave him vital experiences without making him dependent on lobbyists and special interests.