Obama Was THE Most Liberal Senator Last Year?

I cannot believe that the press and those same old politicians whom we have been advised by Obama's need to change are the ones supporting him. Also I cannot believe that Obama does not even bring up the issues or tell us how he will fix the problems. I can tell you after being a democrate for 55 years if he gets the nomination I will for the 1ST time in my life vote republican.

It’s because Obama is black and this is a racial country that Obama has any big lead over Hillary in a few poles. It’s just a shame …

I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that a Senator in the middle of a campaign only flies back to Congress to make a public vote on crucial, close bills where his role as a loyal party foot-soldier is called for.

Ummm, why is THIS news??? Isn't the whole idea of being a Democrat is to be Liberal? Wouldn't Dems be happy he is a liberal? You make it sound bad.

What gives?

Jake, you are taking a Republican pejorative and turning it around on Democrats. This is not Fox News. Or is it?

Hey jake, thanks for the creative "left vs. right" angle. I would nevery have known that the complicated and diverse American political system couldbe boiled down into a simpleminded dichotomy if I didn't have you and the National Journal.

I suppose there are far worst things in life than being a liberal senator. Such as being George Bush - THE worst president in U.S. History.

Being on the liberal edge of our Congress does not mean you are particularly liberal. It means that you ar on the liberal edge of what is, generally, a very conservative group. Relative to the rest of the country it probably means you are marginally left of center.

I find it laughable that Obama, who is saying to all, that he will bring change to Washington from the "politics as usual" crowd, yet is being endorsed by the oldest "politics as usual" politician...Kennedy.

Also laughable, is the New York Post has endorsed Obama. That's like getting an endorsement from the National Inquirer.

Awesome, America needs a far left liberal as USA President who also works with with Independents and Republicans (as well as Greens and Libertarians)! Go Obama, Go! Protect the environment, fight global warming, make the USA energy independent, expand Kyoto Treaty, eliminate the USA trade deficit, bring manufacturing jobs back to the USA, eliminate the federal budget deficit and reduce the national debt, make the wealthy pay their fair in taxes, end poverty in the USA, reduce coporate welfare, end tax breaks to the wealthy oil and gas companies, make corporations pay market rate royalities to the USA government when they mine or drill on USA government public lands,
reduce the political power of large for-profit corporations, end the war in Iraq, spread peace throughout the world while reducing crime in the USA, pass the Equal Right Ammendment to the USA constitution, ensure that every election vote counts, and much more!

ABC News

Oh of course. The same folks who run ABC/Family and still put Pat Robertson on after "Who's Line Is It?" and who insisted on airing a documentary blaming OBL's survival on Bill.

No wonder their Senior National Correspondent is reading impaired. That's what he's paid for.

Yup. Put that up against McCain and you've got another Dufus in the whitehouse. People, use your heads.

The irony is that despite his liberal credentials, he's acceptable to most centrists and a surprising number of conservatives, including high-profile people like George Will, Andrew Sullivan and Peggy Noonan.

That, in a nutshell, is the amazing appeal of Obama. He cuts across party lines and ideological nonsense. I may not agree with him on every issue, but I respect his thinking and his willingness to listen to opposing views. If the Democrats pass over this amazing guy, they deserve their third straight defeat at the polls.

Obama missed a lot of unimportant votes that would have lowered this record, and was in senate for the important votes that increased the number. Essentially, nothing to see here.