mattskramer
Senior Member
As you said, with your one comment, he really never takes a position, on anything. How about his votes on 'present' in Illinois or the US Senate? Oh never mind, he's destined.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/24/fact_check_obamas_present_votes/
THE SPIN: Obama portrays himself as someone voters can trust to tell the truth and skip the usual political games. Clinton and John Edwards are using his "present" votes to offer a different picture -- one of Obama ducking tough issues or refusing to support common-sense legislation.
THE FACTS: Obama acknowledges that over nearly eight years in the Illinois Senate, he voted "present" 129 times. That was out of roughly 4,000 votes he cast, so those "presents" amounted to about one of every 31 votes in his legislative career.