Soon after Barack Obama became an official candidate for president of the United States, Nathan Gonzalez wrote a piece for The Wall Street Journal. Under the headline, The Ever-”Present” Obama, the piece focused upon a single, yet telling, aspect of the voting record tallied by the liberal Democrat while serving as a state senator in Illinois. Obama liked to vote “Present” — instead of “Yeah” or “Nay” — on tough issues.
In the video above, Bruce Chapman expands on the “Present” theme by speculating about why the junior U.S. senator has such a difficult time taking sides when it comes to casting votes on the senate floor. Take a look.



























2 responses so far ↓
1 BA // Sep 21, 2008 at 6:19 pm
How come then Obama does not seem to have any presence of mind?
2 hotoffthepress2 // Sep 21, 2008 at 6:20 pm
BA — Good question.
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