"My understanding is that Governor Palin's town of Wasilla has I think 50 employees," Obama said

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Barack Obama, who earlier told reporters to "back off" stories about Palin's daughter, rejected Republican claims that Palin had as much experience as he did.

Republicans have said that after serving as mayor of a small Alaskan town, and now as a first-term governor, Palin has more executive experience than first-term senator Obama.

"My understanding is that Governor Palin's town of Wasilla has I think 50 employees," Obama said in an interview with CNN.

"We've got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year.

"You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month."

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