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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (47555)	9/18/2008 12:52:39 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 224668

Does Obama still think the U.S. has 57 states?

To: puborectalis who wrote (47555)	9/18/2008 12:57:37 PM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224668

Oh, I thought he didn't really do anything. Obama’s Record Slim on Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Associated Press Tuesday, February 26, 2008 WASHINGTON — Based on his Senate history, Barack Obama as president would likely push to expand human rights and reduce poverty abroad using cooperation rather than confrontation. If foreign events permit. Aside from his vigorous opposition to the Iraq war, Obama spent more of his time on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on speeches and inspirational trips than on investigations and aggressive oversight. He was a junior senator with an agreeable manner who was just beginning to cut his teeth on foreign policy issues when he decided to run for president. Since he took office in 2005, much of Obama’s work attracted little, if any, attention because of the nation’s focus on the Iraq war. Obama pushed through legislation that condemned violence by the Zimbabwe government, for example. He helped raise awareness about Darfur and called on the administration to do more to reduce global poverty. When Obama took charge of the European affairs subcommittee in early 2007, he didn’t seize the opportunity to scrutinize the Bush administration. With his campaign in full swing, the busy senator did not lead a single policy hearing on any of the hot topics in the panel’s jurisdiction: missile defense, counterterrorism and concern over the waning commitment of European countries to NATO. Obama’s aides say it’s not unusual for a Senate subcommittee to hold few hearings, with the majority of work being done by the full committee. They also defend Obama’s work on the committee as extremely successful. (g)