Obama's decisively progressive voting record

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League of Conservation Voters Scorecard: Obama 100%, Hillary 71%
View Hillary's scores/votes:
http://capwiz.com/lcv/bio/keyvotes/?id=10902&congress=1102&lvl=C

View Obama's scores/votes:
http://capwiz.com/lcv/bio/keyvotes/?id=3181&congress=1102&lvl=C


Children's Defense Fund Scorecard: Obama 100%, Hillary 90%
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4304396
Special thanks to DUer ProSense.


ACLU Congressional Scorecard: Obama 80%, Hillary 67%
Lifetime scores:

Obama: 82% (better than Edward Kennedy's and John Kerry's)
Hillary: 75%

Now, that should put a stop to the elephant baiting of Obama's decisively progressive record.

[DJ13]

1. Aw come on

Everyone knows Edwards and Hillary are both more liberal than Obama!
:eyes:

[magatte]

2. Exactly how can Edwards possible agree with Obama on anything?

nt

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3. It doesn't appear that Hillary is.

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4. Anyone find other progressive organizations with scorecards?

[agdlp]

5. Impressive..but what is a Scorecard and how is it calculated ?

:-)

[mcg]

6. LCV: Clinton 90 lifetime, Obama 96 lifetime

McCain 26 lifetime

Clinton - one of the 2006 Environmental Champions and was endorsed by the LCV

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4303944&mesg_id=4305249

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7. Each organization has a vote position and if the candidate is for or against

and by what %

[pathansen]

8. Project Vote Smart gives different ratings

And ratings from interest groups vary from year to year.

[water]

9. With Obama trying to attract non-leftist voters, he won't be able to govern from the left.

[autorank]

10. Voting on WH Nominees

Executive Branch
http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=9490
(He gives the WH the nominees it wants for executive 
functions with the exception of the odious Bolton & 
Gonzales.  Says no to Hayden for some reason.
Votes Nay on the crappy Judges - Roberts 
and Alito stand out.)

Date 	        Bill Title	Vote
11/08/2007	On the Nomination of Michael B. Mukasey A.G  NV
06/11/2007	Attorney General No Confidence Vote	     NV
03/20/2007	United States Attorneys Act of 2007	      Y
12/07/2006	Andrew von Eschenbach, Comm of Food and Drugs Y
12/06/2006	Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense	      Y
05/26/2006	Michael Hayden Confirmation	              N+
01/31/2006	Samuel Alito, Associate Justice	              N*
09/27/2005	John Roberts, Chief Justice U.S. Sup Court    N*
06/20/2005	Second cloture motion John Bolton, Amb to UN  N+
06/14/2005	Thomas B. Griffith, US Circuit Judge	      Y
06/09/2005	Janice R Brown, US Circuit Court	      N
06/09/2005	William H. Pryor, Jr., US Circuit Judge       N
06/09/2005	Richard A Griffin, US Circuit Judge	     NV
06/09/2005	David W. McKeague, US Circuit Judge	      Y
05/26/2005	First cloture motion on John Bolton, Amb UN   N+
05/25/2005	Priscilla R. Owen, US Circuit Judge           N*
05/24/2005	Motion to invoke cloture on Priscilla R. Owen Y*
04/21/2005	John Negroponte, Dir of National Intelligence Y+
02/15/2005	Michael Chertoff, Sec of Homeland Security    Y+
02/03/2005	Alberto R. Gonzales, for Attorney General     N+
01/26/2005	Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State	      Y+
01/06/2005	Objection to Presidential Electoral Vote Cer  N 
                (oops, this last vote, missed opportunity)

[Unbowed]

11. How politically incorrect of you to actually mention policy and real issues.

I thought we were supposed to decide on things like haircuts or handshakes.

:sarcasm:

[Apollo11]

12. So much for the idea that Obama is just another "corporate candidate".

It looks like there are real political differences between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

And tonight will be the last TV debate before Super Tuesday ... B-)

[Perry Logan]

13. More progressive groups rating Hillary--very high scores.

The following are polls from progressive groups, rating Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, on how often they vote for progressive issues. For each group, http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011142.php

Clinton Vs. Barack Obama (progressivepunch)
Overall Progressive Score: 92% 90%
Aid to Less Advantaged People at Home and Abroad: 98% 97%
Corporate Subsidies 100% N/A
Education, Humanities and the Arts 88% 100%
Environment 92% 100%
Fair Taxation 97% 100%
Family Planning 88% 80%
Government Checks on Corporate Power 95% 97%
Healthcare 98% 94%
Housing 100% 100%
Human Rights & Civil Liberties 82% 77%
Justice for All: Civil and Criminal 94% 91%
Labor Rights 91% 91%
Making Government Work for Everyone, Not Just the Rich or Powerful 94% 90%
War and Peace 80% 86%

[Perry Logan]

14. Hillary's record is slightly more liberal than Obama's--inasmuch as Obama has a record.

"Their voting records are nearly indistinguishable. Although both have good working relationships with Republicans, Congressional Quarterly’s annual vote studies show that Clinton and Obama both had strongly partisan voting records last year. In fact, both of them joined their fellow Democrats in mostly party-line roll calls more often than their own majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada. In the past year, Clinton voted with her party on 98 percent of the questions that pitted a majority of Democrats against a majority of Republicans, while Obama’s score was 97 percent. Reid sided with his party on only 95 percent of those votes.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=weeklyreport-000002654703

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15. It does not appear so, see above

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16. Add the new study of him being the most liberal senator