Finally, a handful of people in the natonal media are starting to pick up on the reality of Barack Obama’s record. Here’s one of the better examples:
“The Obama campaign has sent journalists eight pages of examples of his reaching across the aisle in the Senate. But these are small-bore items of almost no controversy … Bipartisan support for apple pie is hardly a profile in courage.
“On the difficult compromises that required the political courage to challenge one’s own political constituency, Obama flinched: the “gang of 14″ compromise on judicial appointments, the immigration compromise to which Obama tried to append union-backed killer amendments, and, just last month, the compromise on warrantless eavesdropping that garnered 68 votes in the Senate. But not Obama’s.”
Of course, this should surprise no one who is familiar with Obama’s record in Illinois, where he supported millions in higher taxes and compiled a very liberal record. The article continues:
“Who, in fact, supported all of these bipartisan deals, was a central player in two of them, and brokered the even more notorious McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform? John McCain, of course.
“Yes, John McCain — intemperate and rough-edged, of sharp elbows and even sharper tongue. Turns out that uniting is not a matter of rhetoric or manner, but of character and courage.”
