[louie2]

The NYT article says voting “present” is a peculiar but acceptable vote in Illinois and that BHO did nothing more or different than his fellow Senators.
What they do not say, and something that is VERY important, is how many others with his few years in that body, have that many “present” votes on their record. Is that an aberration or average?

Anyone know?

[mikrofon]

The NYT article says voting “present” is a peculiar but acceptable vote in Illinois and that BHO did nothing more or different than his fellow Senators

In other words, Obama did nothing to distinguish himself from the other run-of-the-mill hacks in the IL legislature. THAT'S leadership we're looking for... < /s>